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Ekadhammasutta

One Thing

“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi, yo evaṁ bhāvito bahulīkato saṁyojanīyānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya saṁvattati, yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā.
“Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that, when it is developed and cultivated like this, leads to giving up the things that are prone to being fettered like the seven awakening factors.

Katame satta?
What seven?

Satisambojjhaṅgo …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo.
The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.

Kathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā kathaṁ bahulīkatā saṁyojanīyānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya saṁvattanti?
And how are the seven awakening factors developed and cultivated so as to lead to giving up the things that are prone to being fettered?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ …pe…
It’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,

upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.
and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.

Evaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā evaṁ bahulīkatā saṁyojanīyānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya saṁvattanti.
That’s how the seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated so as to lead to giving up the things that are prone to being fettered.

Katame ca, bhikkhave, saṁyojanīyā dhammā?
And what are the things that are prone to being fettered?

Cakkhu, bhikkhave, saṁyojanīyo dhammo.
The eye is something that’s prone to being fettered.

Etthete uppajjanti saṁyojanavinibandhā ajjhosānā …pe…
This is where these fetters, shackles, and attachments arise.

jivhā saṁyojanīyā dhammā.
The ear … nose … tongue … body …

Etthete uppajjanti saṁyojanavinibandhā ajjhosānā …pe…

mano saṁyojanīyo dhammo.
mind is something that’s prone to being fettered.

Etthete uppajjanti saṁyojanavinibandhā ajjhosānā.
This is where these fetters, shackles, and attachments arise.

Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, saṁyojanīyā dhammā”ti.
These are called the things that are prone to being fettered.”

Navamaṁ.