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Analytical dhamma for beginners
Thirty seven stages of the path
From the traditional view, the factors that one should try to promote are the thirty seven stages of practice (bodhipakkiya); i.e., the four foundations of mindfulness, four persistent efforts, four miraculous powers, five faculties, five powers, seven factors of enlightenment, and the eightfold noble path.
The methods of analysis are described in the Buddhist canons such as Samyutta Nikaya (2,12), Samadhi Sutta, Visudhi Magga (2,222), Bodhipakkiya Dipani and Kammathan Kyangyi by the Ledi Sayadaw of Myanmar, etc. (p 112-113)
The 37 'things pertaining to enlightenment', or 'requisites of enlightenment' comprise the entire doctrines of the Buddha. They are:
the 4 foundations of mindfulness (satipatthána, q.v.),
the 4 right efforts (s. padhána),
the 4 roads to power (iddhi-páda, q.v.),
the 5 spiritual faculties (indriya; s. bala),
the 5 spiritual powers (bala, q.v.),
the 7 factors of enlightenment (bojjhanga, q.v.),
the Noble 8-fold Path (s. magga).
In M. 77 all the 37 bodhipakkhiya-dhammá are enumerated and explained though not called by that name. A detailed explanation of them is given in Vis.M. XXII. In S.XLVII, 51, 67, only the five spiritual faculties (indriya) are called bodhipakkhiya-dhammá; and in the Jhána Vibhanga, only the 7 factors of enlightenment (bojjhanga).
See The Requisites of Enlightenment, by Ledi Sayadaw (WHEEL 169/172).
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