Nibbānasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 434

[434] Bhikkhus, these seven factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga), when developed and cultivated, lead to utter disenchantment (nibbidā), to dispassion (virāga), to cessation, to peace (upasama), to direct knowledge (abhiññā), to full awakening (sambodha), to Nibbāna. What seven? The awakening factor of mindfulness (satisambojjhaṅga) … the awakening factor of equanimity (upekkhāsambojjhaṅga). These indeed, bhikkhus, are the seven factors of awakening which, when developed and cultivated, lead to utter disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to full awakening, to Nibbāna. The Gilānavagga, the second, is concluded. Its summary (uddāna): The simile of living beings and of the sun¹ — two; the sick² — three more; The one gone beyond, the one who has neglected, the noble ones³, and Nibbāna. _____________ ¹ M. reads pāṇasūriyūpamā; Yu. pāṇasuriyūpamā. ² M., Yu. gilānā. ³ M., Yu. ariyo. The Udāyivagga, the third.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.