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 5.138

SN 46.143–152 Another Series on a Realized One, Etc.

…pe…

Pannarasamo.

Uddānaṁ

Tathāgataṁ padaṁ kūṭaṁ,
mūlaṁ sārena vassikaṁ;
Rājā candimasūriyā ca,
vatthena dasamaṁ padanti.

(Appamādavaggo rāgavasena vitthāretabbo.)

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

…pe…

Pannarasamo.

Uddānaṁ

Tathāgataṁ padaṁ kūṭaṁ,

mūlaṁ sārena vassikaṁ;

Rājā candimasūriyā ca,

vatthena dasamaṁ padanti.

(Appamādavaggo rāgavasena vitthāretabbo.)

(Tell in full as in SN 45.139–148, removal of greed version.)

Qualities:

Craving

Craving

A driving ‘thirst’ that reaches out toward experiences, identities, or outcomes as the place to find satisfaction—“if only I had that.” It spins stories of lack, binds the mind to becoming, and invariably leads to suffering.

Also known as: wanting, yearning, longing, lit. thirst
Pāli: taṇha, abhijjhā
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Greed

Greed

A grasping mental quality of craving, possessiveness, or lustful wanting that clings to objects or experiences; it fuels attachment and obstructs renunciation and contentment

Also known as: acquisitiveness, avarice, covetousness, rapacity, money grabbing, grabbiness
Pāli: lobha, gedha
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