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 Seven Factors of Awakening (satta bojjhaṅgā)
Parent topics: Skillful qualities, Mindfulness of dhammas, Aids to Awakening
Subtopics: Mindfulness, Investigation of states, Energy, Rapture, Tranquility, Concentration, Equanimity
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Metta Retreat, Session 1 – Ajahn Pasanno – Sep. 9, 2008

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2. “Can you speak a little about samatha/vipassana and explain the difference between serenity and equanimity?” [Calming meditation] [Insight meditation] [Equanimity] // [Commentaries] [Ajahn Chah] [Relinquishment] [Liberation] [Concentration] [Divine Abidings] [Factors of Awakening] [Discernment]

Quote: “Samatha-vipassanā is like a green mango and a ripe mango. Same mango.” — Ajahn Chah [Similes]

Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 3 – Ajahn Pasanno – Nov. 25, 2013

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5. “Sorry, I missed something. Did you say that instead of dwelling on our hindrances and getting depressed, we could instead work with the Factors of Enlightenment to brighten the mind? What are the Factors you would suggest?” [Factors of Awakening] [Gladdening the mind]

Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 37 – Ajahn Pasanno – Feb. 25, 2014

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4. “Could you say more about the positive causal process that is the opposite of paticcasamuppada?” [Dependent origination] [Conditionality] [Mindfulness] // [Skillful qualities] [Right Mindfulness] [Factors of Awakening]

Sutta: SN 12.23 Upanisa: Dukkha is a cause for faith. [Suffering] [Faith]

Sutta: AN 10.61 Avijjā: The Five Hindrances are a cause for ignorance. [Hindrances] [Ignorance]

Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat, Session 58 – Ajahn Pasanno – Mar. 28, 2014

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5. “In my desire to get to the “heart of it” I find part of my mind really wants this, but another part of my mind is not going along with the program. How do I keep myself on the Path?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Jotipālo. [Desire] [Simplicity] [Volition] // [Suffering] [Cessation of Suffering] [Impermanence] [Cessation] [Upasikā Kee Nanayon]

Follow-up: “The experience of arising and disbanding isn't yet practical for me. I need something more operational.” [Tranquility]

Simile: Making a fire flare up or die down (SN 46.53). — Ajahn Pasanno. [Factors of Awakening] [Energy] [Mindfulness]

2014 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 4 – Ajahn Pasanno – Nov. 25, 2014

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5. “A Buddhist teacher explains as I understand it, that the first three factors of enlightenment are causes and the last four are the effects. And that a meditation practitioner therefore works on the first three (with right view) and the last four will follow in time. Please comment. Thank you.” [Factors of Awakening] [Right View]

Thanksgiving Retreat 2016, Session 4 – Ajahn Pasanno – Nov. 22, 2016

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9. “Please explain the seven factors of awakening and how to practice them in this retreat.” [Factors of Awakening]

Chanting, Session 3 – Ajahn Ñāṇiko and Ajahn Pasanno – Jun. 2, 2018

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3. “I notice that most of the paritta chants don't have English translations. Is there a place we can find these?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Translation] [Chanting] [Protective chants] // [Sutta]

Suttas: DN 32: Āṭānāṭiya Sutta; SN 46.14-16: Sick [Sickness] [Factors of Awakening]