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.
“Yāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.
Appamādavaggo dasamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Tathāgataṁ padaṁ kūṭaṁ,
mūlaṁ sārena vassikaṁ;
Rājā candimasūriyā ca,
vatthena dasamaṁ padanti.
(Appamādavaggo bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttassa bojjhaṅgavasena vitthāretabbo.)
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Yāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.
“Mendicants, the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, is said to be the best of all sentient beings—be they footless, with two feet, four feet, or many feet …”
Appamādavaggo dasamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Tathāgataṁ padaṁ kūṭaṁ,
mūlaṁ sārena vassikaṁ;
Rājā candimasūriyā ca,
vatthena dasamaṁ padanti.
(Appamādavaggo bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttassa bojjhaṅgavasena vitthāretabbo.)
(Tell in full as in SN 45.139–148.)
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Last updated on July 27, 2026