The Buddha teaches a repeated formula on developing the seven awakening factors—mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity—applied across varied topics in this grouped discourse.
PTS 5.136“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā. Katamā tisso? Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.
Esanāvaggo dvādasamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Esanā vidhā āsavo,
Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;
Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,
Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.
(Bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttassa esanāpeyyālaṁ vivekanissitato vitthāretabbaṁ.)
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.
“Mendicants, there are these three searches.
Katamā tisso?
What three?
Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.
The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. …”
Esanāvaggo dvādasamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Esanā vidhā āsavo,
Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;
Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,
Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.
(Bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttassa esanāpeyyālaṁ vivekanissitato vitthāretabbaṁ.)
(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)
Last updated on September 10, 2026