Friends:
The 7 Links to Awakening develop Sequentially:
The Blessed Buddha once explained:
Whenever while withdrawn in body and withdrawn in mind one reflects on
the
Buddha-Dhamma, then the
Awareness Link to Awakening arises and develops.
Thus acutely aware one examines that awareness itself..
Whenever examining a mental state, then the
Investigation Link to Awakening
arises and develops. While thus being curious and enthusiastically
investigating,
keen energy is now aroused!
Whenever energy is aroused in one who is enthusiastic, then the
Energy Link
to Awakening arises and develops. When energetic and enthusiastic one
succeeds:
Therefore
Joy is born from that advance.
Whenever achieving in eager joy, then the
Joy Link to Awakening arises and
develops. One thus joyous becomes mentally satisfied, and therefore
calmed
both in body and in mind!
Whenever calmed in body and mind, then the
Tranquillity Link to Awakening
arises and develops. One thus satisfied, calmed, serene, settled and
tranquil
in both body and mind becomes exquisitely
Happy!
Whenever calmed and comfortable in the body, and tranquil & happy in the
mind,
then the
Concentration Link to Awakening arises and develops. When mentally
concentrated one reviews all states rationally and reasonably, as if
from above..
Whenever one well balanced reviews all phenomena rationally and
realistically,
then the
Equanimity Link to Awakening arises and develops. In
Equanimity one
knows and sees things just so, right as they really are now, and later
become.
It
is in this very way that
The Seven Links to Awakening develop sequentially,
one after the other; successively one
leading to, and producing the next...
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Source (edited extract):
The
Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V: 67-69] section 46: The Links.3: Morality....
The Sequential Seven..
