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Saṃyutta Nikāya · Discourse 54.2

Awakening Factors

Bojjhaṅgasutta — Ekadhammavagga

Setting
Sāvatthī (by continuation from SN 54.1)
Speaker
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
A compressed formula naming all seven awakening factors, the middle five elided via “…pe…” in the root Pāli but given in full by the English source
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★ — ties mindfulness of breathing directly to the seven factors of awakening, a second major doctrinal framework mapped onto the same practice

Why this discourse

Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse ties mindfulness of breathing to the seven awakening factors (bojjhaṅga: mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, equanimity) — a second major doctrinal framework, alongside SN 54.1's own mapping onto the four satipaṭṭhānas, shown to be developed through this same one practice.

Reading guide

Seven factors, one closing formula

Confirmed by direct reading, each of the seven awakening factors is developed “together with mindfulness of breathing” and closes with the identical formula already met throughout this book: “relying on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, ripening as letting go.”

A genuine compression, confirmed complete by the English source

This project's own direct comparison: the root Pāli elides the middle five factors (investigation of principles through immersion) via “…pe…” after naming only mindfulness and the seventh, equanimity — but the English source spells out all seven by name, confirming no factor is genuinely missing from this discourse's own teaching.

Key terms

ānāpānassatisahagataṁ satisambojjhaṅgaṁ — “the awakening factor of mindfulness, together with mindfulness of breathing” — the formula's own first factor, opening the sevenfold list
dhammavicayasambojjhaṅga — “the awakening factor of investigation of principles” — the second factor, named by the English source though elided in the root Pāli
vīriya...pīti...passaddhi...samādhi — “energy... rapture...tranquility...immersion” — the third through sixth factors, likewise named only by the English source
upekkhāsambojjhaṅga — “the awakening factor of equanimity” — the seventh and final factor, the only one besides mindfulness the root Pāli itself names explicitly
vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ — “relying on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, ripening as letting go” — the closing formula shared by all seven factors, identical to this formula's own use throughout this book

The text

Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source, which names all seven factors explicitly despite the root Pāli's own elision. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).

§1“Mendicants, when mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it’s very fruitful and beneficial. And how is mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated to be very fruitful and beneficial? It’s when a mendicant develops mindfulness of breathing together with the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. Mindfulness of breathing, when developed and cultivated in this way, is very fruitful and beneficial.”

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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 second doctrinal framework does this discourse tie mindfulness of breathing to, alongside SN 54.1's own four satipaṭṭhānas?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading: all seven bojjhaṅga, developed together with breath-mindfulness.
Question 2 of 3
What does this project's own direct comparison confirm about the root Pāli's own elision?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison between the two sources.
Question 3 of 3
What closing formula does each of the seven awakening factors share, according to this discourse?
Correct: A. The same recurring closing formula this project has met many times across this book.
Answered 0 of 3 · Correct 0

Further reading

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