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Saṃyutta Nikāya · Discourse 46.22

A Teaching on the Awakening Factors

Desanāsutta — Udāyivagga

Setting
Not specified — an abbreviated narrative frame
Speakers
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
A bare formal announcement and naming, without further elaboration
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — the vagga's own briefest discourse

Why this discourse

This discourse is this saṃyutta's own most stripped-down statement of its own core teaching: “I will teach you the seven awakening factors... listen,” followed immediately by their own bare names — no simile, no causal chain, no closing formula, a formal announcement in its own purest form.

Reading guide

The formal opening, without what usually follows

“I will teach you... listen” (desessāmi... taṁ suṇātha) is a standard formula opening countless discourses throughout the canon, typically followed by an extended teaching; this discourse is unusual for stopping almost immediately after the formula, simply naming the seven awakening factors without any of the similes, causal chains, or closing formulas found throughout the rest of this vagga.

Key terms

desessāmi... taṁ suṇātha — “I will teach you... listen” — a standard formulaic opening used throughout the canon, here followed by an unusually brief teaching
sati... upekkhā — the seven awakening factors, named in brief succession, the entirety of this discourse's own content
ime kho, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā — “these, mendicants, are the seven awakening factors” — the discourse's own bare concluding statement
dutiyaṁ — “the second” — the Pāli root's own closing numeral for this discourse
bojjhaṅga — “awakening factor” — this saṃyutta's own core term, named here in its own barest possible presentation

The text

The complete discourse. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).

§1“Mendicants, I will teach you the seven awakening factors. Listen … And what are the seven awakening factors? The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity. These are the seven awakening factors.”

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Self-check quiz

3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.

Question 1 of 3
What makes this discourse unusual within this saṃyutta?
Correct: A. A formal announcement in its own purest, most stripped-down form.
Question 2 of 3
What standard formula opens this discourse?
Correct: A. A formula used to open countless discourses throughout the canon, typically followed by much more extended teaching.
Question 3 of 3
What is the entirety of this discourse's own actual content, beyond the opening formula?
Correct: A. The names alone constitute the discourse's own complete teaching here.
Answered 0 of 3 · Correct 0

Further reading

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