What are the 7 Links to Awakening?
1:
The
Awareness is a link to Awakening
(sati-sambojjhanga).
2:
The
Investigation of the states is a link to Awakening (vicaya-sambojjhanga).
3:
The
Energy is a link to Awakening (viriya-sambojjhanga).
4:
The
Joy is a link to Awakening (pīti-sambojjhanga).
5:
The
Tranquillity is a link to Awakening (passaddhi-sambojjhanga).
6:
The
Concentration is a link to Awakening (samādhi-sambojjhanga).
7:
The
Equanimity is a link to Awakening (upekkhā-sambojjhanga).
These are the seven links leading to final
mental Enlightenment...
Those
whose minds are well-developed in these 7 factors of self-awakening,
who delight in
non-clinging, who relinquish all grasping, whose minds are all
around luminous,
whose mental fermentations are all
stilled; They, even while
still in this world, are all
unbound right here!
Further Study on the
7 Links to Awakening:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Investigation_Vicaya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Energy_Viriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Joy_Piti.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/Equanimity_Upekkha.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/7_Links_to_7_Wings.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Meaning_of_the-7_Links_to_Awakening.htm
