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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 48.51 Linked Discourses 48.51
6. SÅ«karakhatavagga 6. The Boarās Cave
SÄlasutta At SÄlÄ
Evaį¹ me sutaį¹āSo I have heard.
ekaį¹ samayaį¹ bhagavÄ kosalesu viharati sÄlÄya brÄhmaį¹agÄme. At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kosalans near the brahmin village of SÄlÄ.
Tatra kho bhagavÄ bhikkhÅ« Ämantesi: There the Buddha addressed the mendicants:
āseyyathÄpi, bhikkhave, ye keci tiracchÄnagatÄ pÄį¹Ä, sÄ«ho migarÄjÄ tesaį¹ aggamakkhÄyati, yadidaį¹āthÄmena javena sÅ«rena; āMendicants, the lion, king of beasts, is said to be the best of animals in terms of strength, speed, and courage.
evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci bodhipakkhiyÄ dhammÄ, paƱƱindriyaį¹ tesaį¹ aggamakkhÄyati, yadidaį¹ābodhÄya. In the same way, the faculty of wisdom is said to be the best of the qualities on the side of awakening; that is, for becoming awakened. The five faculties are āqualities on the side of awakeningā (bodhipakkhiyÄ dhammÄ) because they lead to awakening (SN 48.51:2.6). This term is used repeatedly in this Saį¹yutta in this sense. Outside of this context, it is used occasionally in the general sense of meditative development, without further specification (AN 5.56:3.1). In three instances it is extended to āsevenā such qualities (DN 27:30.5, Iti 82:3.1, Iti 97:4.2), which the commentary identifies with the seven sets of dhammas totaling 37 (rather than the seven awakening factors alone). We also find the synonymous phrase sambodhipakkhika at AN 9.1. At Thag 16.9:9.2 we find qualities that are āskillful, on the side of awakeningā (kusalÄ bodhipakkhikÄ), cementing the connection with the expressions āon the side of the skillfulā or āon the side of the unskillfulā (SN 46.31:1.1, MN 117:36.1, AN 1.56:1.1). The qualities āon the side of awakeningā oppose those āon the side of MÄraā (Thag 4.4:1.2).
Katame ca, bhikkhave, bodhipakkhiyÄ dhammÄ? And what are the qualities on the side of awakening?
Saddhindriyaį¹, bhikkhave, bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taį¹ bodhÄya saį¹vattati; The faculties of faith,
vÄ«riyindriyaį¹ bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taį¹ bodhÄya saį¹vattati; energy,
satindriyaį¹ bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taį¹ bodhÄya saį¹vattati; mindfulness,
samÄdhindriyaį¹ bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taį¹ bodhÄya saį¹vattati; immersion,
paƱƱindriyaį¹ bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taį¹ bodhÄya saį¹vattati. and wisdom are qualities on the side of awakening, in that they lead to becoming awakened.
SeyyathÄpi, bhikkhave, ye keci tiracchÄnagatÄ pÄį¹Ä, sÄ«ho migarÄjÄ tesaį¹ aggamakkhÄyati, yadidaį¹āthÄmena javena sÅ«rena; The lion, king of beasts, is said to be the best of animals in terms of strength, speed, and courage.
evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci bodhipakkhiyÄ dhammÄ, paƱƱindriyaį¹ tesaį¹ aggamakkhÄyati, yadidaį¹ābodhÄyÄāti. In the same way, the faculty of wisdom is said to be the best of the qualities on the side of awakening; that is, for becoming awakened.ā
Paį¹hamaį¹.