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The Second Discourse on the Wholesome
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"Whatever mental states, monks, are wholesome, connected with the wholesome, on the side of the wholesome, all of them are rooted in wise attention, converge in wise attention;
wise attention is declared the foremost among those mental states.
For a monk accomplished in wise attention, monks, this is to be expected -
he will develop the seven factors of enlightenment, he will cultivate the seven factors of enlightenment.
"And how, monks, does a monk accomplished in wise attention develop the seven factors of enlightenment, cultivate the seven factors of enlightenment? Here, monks, a monk develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness, based upon seclusion, etc. He develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release. Thus, monks, a monk accomplished in wise attention develops the seven factors of enlightenment, cultivates the seven factors of enlightenment." The second.