The document summarizes the 37 Factors of Enlightenment according to Buddhist teachings. The factors are grouped into the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Four Supreme Efforts, Four Means to Accomplishment, Five Faculties and Five Powers, Seven Factors of Enlightenment, and Eight Path Factors. They include mental states like mindfulness, wisdom, faith and concentration. Mastering these 37 factors leads to enlightenment through understanding of the Four Noble Truths.

1. The 37 Factors of Enlightenment
(Bodhipakkhiyasangaha)
Presented by Group- 5
-Ven. Ocanna ID: 5901501080
-Ven. Thumangala ID: 5901501086
-Ven. Pannyarsar ID: 5901501087
Subject: Principles of Buddhism
Lecturer: Asst. Prof. Dr. Sudarat Bantaokul
6,Sep,2018

2. Content
 Introduction
 Four Foundation of Mindfulness (satipathana)
 Four Supreme Efforts (Sammappadhana)
 Four Means to Accomplishment (iddhipada)
 Five Faculties (Indriya) & Five Powers (Bala)
 Seven Factors of Enlightenment (Satta Bojjhanga)
 Eight Paths Factors (Attha Maggangani)
 A clarification, by way of state, and by way of occurrence
 Conclusion

3. Introduction
 Bodhipakkhiya Dhamma means literally “states on the side of
enlightenment.” It rarely appear in the Suttas, in the literature it
comes to be use as a general term for the Thirty-seven factors into
which the Buddha compressed the practice of his teaching.
 Those factor are called “Requisites of enlightenment”, because they
conduce to the attainment of enlightenment, which is the
knowledge of the four supramundane paths.
 Those 37 factors will be explained group by group as following
slides.

4. Four Foundation of Mindfulness
 They form a complete system of meditative practice for the development of
mindfulness and insight. The method is expounded at length in two Sutta.
 Those four Foundation of Mindfulness have a single essence, which consists of
mindfulness on phenomena.
 This mindful contemplation is to be applied to four objects: the body, feelings,
states of consciousness, and mental objects.
 Latter comprise more factors:
 Five Hindrance
 Five Aggregates
 Six sense bases
 Seven Enlightenment factors
 Four Noble Truth
 The practice of the four foundations of mindfulness is identical with right
mindfulness as the seventh factor of the Noble Eightfold Path.

5. Four Supreme Efforts (Sammappadhana)
This fourfold effort, they one mental factor energy which perform four
separate functions, is identical with right effort.
 1. The effort to discard evil states that have arisen,
 2. The effort to prevent the arising of unarisen evil state,
 3. The effort to develop unarisen wholesome states,
 4. The effort to augment arisen wholesome state.

6. Four Means to Accomplishment (iddhipada)
 The word “iddhi” signifies all sublime and supramundane states to be
accomplished by applying effort to the practice of the Buddha’s Teaching.
The principal methods of achieving are called “ the means of
accomplishment.
 While those states become predominant (adhipati) on any occasion when
they are instrumental in accomplishing a goal, they become “iddhipada”
only when they are applied to achieving the goal of the Buddha’s teaching.
 Four of them are as following:
 1. Desire (Chandidhipado)
 2. Energy (Viriyidhipado)
 3. Consciousness (Cittiddhipado)
 4. Investigation (Vimamsiddhipado)

7. Five Faculties & Five Powers
Five Faculties
 1. faith - Saddhidriya
 2. Energy - Viriyindriya
 3. Mindfulness - Satindriya
 4. Concentration- Samadhindriya
 5. Wisdom - Pannindriya
Five Powers
 1. faith - Saddhabala
 2. Energy - Viriyabala
 3. Mindfulness - Satibala
 4. Concentration- Samadhibala
 5. Wisdom - Pannabala
The faculties and powers comprise the same five factors.
 The faculties are factors which exercise control in their respective domains
 The powers are these same factors considered as being unshakable by their opposites.

8. Seven Factors of Enlightenment (Satta Bojjhanga)
1. Mindfulness - satisambojjhanga
2. Investigation of state - dhammavicarayasambojjhanga
3. Energy - viriyasambojjhanga
4. Zest or happiness -pitisambojjhanga
5. Tranquility - passaddhisambojjhanga
6. Concentration - samadhisambojjhanga
7. Equanimity - upekkhasambojjhanga
 Among the seven factors, investigation of state is a designation for wisdom, insight
into mental and material phenomena as they really are.
 Tranquilly means tranquility both consciousness and of the mental body.
 Equanimity means mental neutrality of the universal beautiful cetaiskas, not neutral
feeling.
 3 factors of investigation, energy, and zest are opposed to mental sluggishness; the 3
factors of tranquility, concentration, and equanimity counteract mental excitation.
 Mindfulness assures that the two groups occur in balance, neither exceeding the other.

9. Eight Paths Factors (Attha Maggangani)
1. Right view -sammahitthi
2. Right intention –sammasankappa
3. Right speech -sammavaca
4. Right action -sammakammanta
5. Right livelihood - sammaajiva
6. Right effort - sammavayama
7. Right mindfulness –samma sati
8. Right concentration – samma samadhi
 Right view is the cetasika of wisdom exercised in understanding the four Noble Truths.
 Right intention is the cetasika of initial application (vitakka) directed towards renunciation,
good will, and harmlessness.
 Path factors 3, 4, & 5 are identical with the three abstinences.
 Right effort is the same as the four supreme effort.
 Right mindfulness is the same as the four foundations of mindfulness
 Right concentration is defined in terms of the four Jhanas of the Suttanta system.

10. A Clarification
 Here, by four foundations of mindfulness, right mindfulness alone is implied. Similarly,
by the four supreme efforts, right effort is implied.
By the way of states
 The sevenfold compendium of the thirty-seven factors is composed of these fourteen
states considered by way of their intrinsic nature: desire, consciousness, equanimity,
faith, tranquility, zest, right view, right intention, right effort, the three abstinences, right
mindfulness, and concentration.
By the way of Occurrence
 The analysis of there 37 excellent factors is as follows: nine-intention, tranquility, zest, equanimity,
desire, consciousness, and 3 abstains.
 Each occur only once; energy occurs (9) times; mindfulness (8) times; concentration (4) times;
wisdom (5) times and faith (2) times.
 All these occur in the supramundane, except at times intention and zest. In the mundane, too,
they occur in the course of the six fold purification, according to circumstances

11. Conclusion
 Compendium of Requisites of Enlightenment (Bodhipakkhiyasangaha),
they conduce to the attainment of enlightenment, which is the
knowledge of the four supramundane paths.
 Consists of 37 factors: 4 Foundation of Mindfulness, 4 Supreme Efforts
(Sammappadhana), 4 Means to Accomplishment (iddhipada), 5
Faculties & 5 Powers, 7 Factors of Enlightenment (Satta Bojjhanga) and
8 Paths Factors (Attha Maggangani).
 The Thirty-seven factors are principles method of the Buddha mixed
with his teaching and practice.