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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 46.12 Linked Discourses 46.12
2. GilÄnavagga 2. Sick
Paį¹hamasÅ«riyÅ«pamasutta The Simile of the Sun (1st)
āSÅ«riyassa, bhikkhave, udayato etaį¹ pubbaį¹
gamaį¹ etaį¹ pubbanimittaį¹, yadidaį¹āaruį¹uggaį¹; āMendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and precursor of the sunrise.
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno sattannaį¹ bojjhaį¹
gÄnaį¹ uppÄdÄya etaį¹ pubbaį¹
gamaį¹ etaį¹ nimittaį¹, yadidaį¹ākalyÄį¹amittatÄ. In the same way, for a mendicant good friendship is the forerunner and precursor of the arising of the seven awakening factors.
KalyÄį¹amittassetaį¹, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pÄį¹ikaį¹
khaį¹āsatta bojjhaį¹
ge bhÄvessati, satta bojjhaį¹
ge bahulīkarissati. A mendicant with good friends can expect to develop and cultivate the seven awakening factors.
KathaƱca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyÄį¹amitto satta bojjhaį¹
ge bhÄveti satta bojjhaį¹
ge bahulīkaroti? And how does a mendicant with good friends develop and cultivate the seven awakening factors?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaį¹
gaį¹ bhÄveti vivekanissitaį¹ ā¦peā¦ Itās when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,
upekkhÄsambojjhaį¹
gaį¹ bhÄveti vivekanissitaį¹ virÄganissitaį¹ nirodhanissitaį¹ vossaggapariį¹Ämiį¹. and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
Evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyÄį¹amitto satta bojjhaį¹
ge bhÄveti, satta bojjhaį¹
ge bahulÄ«karotÄ«āti. Thatās how a mendicant with good friends develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors.ā
Dutiyaį¹.