Friends:
The 7 Links to Awakening
develop Sequentially!
The Blessed Buddha
once explained:
Whenever withdrawn in body and withdrawn in mind one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!
Whenever examining a mind state, then the
Investigation Link to Awakening
arises and develops. While thus being curious & enthusiastically
investigating,
keen energy is aroused!
Whenever energy is aroused in one who is enthusiastic, then the
Energy
Link
to Awakening arises and develops. While energetic & enthusiastic one
succeeds:
Therefore
Joy
is born!
Whenever succeeding 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 & develops. One thus satisfied, calmed, serene, settled and
tranquil in
both body and mind becomes
Happy!
Whenever calmed & 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 & reasonably as if from
above!
Whenever one well balanced reviews all mental states rationally &
reasonably,
then the
Equanimity
Link to Awakening arises and develops. In
Equanimity
one
knows and sees things right as they really are 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...
On these 7 Links to
Awakening (Sambojjhanga):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Sun.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Peak.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Clothes.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Rare_Emergence.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Sequential_Seven.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Vast_Penetration.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Seven_Fruits.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Unsurpassable_Seven.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/When_7_becomes_14.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_7_Links_to_Awakening.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Leading_to_Enlightenment.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Seven_Links_to_Awakening.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Cause_of_Knowledge_and_Vision.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Meaning_of_the-7_Links_to_Awakening.htm
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V: 67-69] section 46: The Links.3: Morality....
The Sequential Seven!
