Final Release is Fulfilled by True Wisdom!
Once in
Savatthi
the Blessed
Buddha said this:
How,
Ānanda, are the
Seven Links to Awakening trained and developed
so that they fulfill
True Wisdom and
Final Release?
When a Bhikkhu,
Ānanda, develops the
Awareness Link to Awakening,
based upon seclusion, disillusion, & ceasing, then it matures into release!
When he develops the
Investigation Link to Awakening,
based upon total
seclusion, disillusion, & ceasing, then it culminates into mental release!
When he develops the
Energy Link to Awakening,
based upon seclusion,
disillusioned disgust, & ceasing of craving, then it blossoms into release!
When he develops the
Joy Link to Awakening,
based on solitary seclusion,
detached disgust, and ceasing of craving, then it progresses into release!
When he develops the
Tranquillity Link to Awakening,
based upon complete
isolation, disillusion, & ceasing, then it comes to a climax of final
release!
When he develops the
Concentration Link to Awakening,
while alone and
reclusive, undeceived, & cooled, there is breakthrough of mental release!
When he develops the
Equanimity Link to Awakening,
based upon seclusion,
disillusioned disgust, & ceasing of craving, then it flourishes into release!
It is,
Ānanda,
when the
Seven Links to Awakening are trained
& refined in
this way, that they fulfil the causes of
True Wisdom and
Final Release!
More
on these Seven Sublime Links to Awakening:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Joy_Piti.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Energy_Viriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/annaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/b_f/bodhi.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Equanimity_Upekkha.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Investigation_Vicaya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Tranquillity_Passaddhi.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Concentration_Samadhi.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Seven_Links_to_Awakening.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. [V:333]
section 54:
Ānāpānasamyutta.
Thread 13:
Ānanda
