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Linked Discourses 48.70

7. Bodhipakkhiyavagga
7. Leading to Awakening

Catuttharukkhasutta

A Tree (4th)

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci supaṇṇānaṁ rukkhā, kūṭasimbalī tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati;
“Mendicants, of all the trees belonging to the phoenixes, the red silk-cotton tree is said to be the best.

evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci bodhipakkhiyā dhammā, paññindriyaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—bodhāya.
In the same way, the faculty of wisdom is said to be the best of the qualities that lead to awakening in terms of becoming awakened.

Katame ca, bhikkhave, bodhipakkhiyā dhammā?
And what are the qualities that lead to awakening?

Saddhindriyaṁ, bhikkhave, bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taṁ bodhāya saṁvattati …pe… paññindriyaṁ bodhipakkhiyo dhammo, taṁ bodhāya saṁvattati.
The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom are qualities that lead to awakening, in that they lead to becoming awakened.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, ye keci supaṇṇānaṁ rukkhā, kūṭasimbalī tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati;
Of all the trees belonging to the phoenixes, the red silk-cotton tree is said to be the best.

evameva kho, bhikkhave, ye keci bodhipakkhiyā dhammā, paññindriyaṁ tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—bodhāyā”ti.
In the same way, the faculty of wisdom is said to be the best of the qualities that lead to awakening in terms of becoming awakened.”

Dasamaṁ.

Bodhipakkhiyavaggo sattamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Saṁyojanā anusayā,

pariññā āsavakkhayā;

Dve phalā caturo rukkhā,

vaggo tena pavuccatīti.