Aids to Awakening (bodhipakkhiyādhammā)
Skillful qualities / Aids to Awakening
Alternative translations: Aids to Enlightenment, Wings to Awakening
Subtags: Foundations of Mindfulness, Four Right Efforts, Bases of Success, Faculties, Powers, Factors of Awakening, Eightfold Path
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Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat, Session 15 – Jan. 24, 2015

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2. “Is the Buddha quoted as saying “I teach a path of the application of effort?”” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Buddha] [Energy] [Right Effort] [Eightfold Path] // [Aids to Awakening]

Sutta: AN 3.137: Doctrine of energy (vīriyavādā)

Sutta: DN 16: Mahāparinibbāna Sutta


Thanksgiving Retreat 2016, Session 2 – Nov. 20, 2016

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1. “Isn’t desire needed for lay life, starting a family, a business etc? And what about polio? Would there be things like a vaccine for polio without desire? Did the Buddha have something else in mind?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Desire ] [Health care] [Lay life] // [Cause of Suffering] [Craving] [Aids to Awakening] [Bases of Success] [Hindrances] [Sensual desire] [Language]


Thanksgiving Retreat 2016, Session 6 – Nov. 24, 2016

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9. “Could you say more about the four powers?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Bases of Success ] // [Aids to Awakening] [Discernment] [Concentration] [Everyday life]