1.
The Discourse on Discrimination
222.
At Sāvatthī.
"Whatever ascetics or brahmins, monks, in the past period of time abandoned the three discriminations, all of them did so because of having developed and cultivated the seven factors of enlightenment.
Whatever ascetics or brahmins, monks, in the future period of time will abandon the three discriminations, all of them will do so because of having developed and cultivated the seven factors of enlightenment.
Whatever ascetics or brahmins, monks, at present abandon the three discriminations, all of them do so because of having developed and cultivated the seven factors of enlightenment.
Which seven factors of enlightenment?
The enlightenment factor of mindfulness, etc.
the enlightenment factor of equanimity.
Whatever ascetics or brahmins, monks, in the past period of time abandoned the three discriminations, etc.
will abandon, etc.
abandon, all of them do so because of having developed and cultivated these same seven factors of enlightenment."
The first.