8.
The Discourse on What is Conducive to Penetration
209.
"I will teach you, monks, the path conducive to penetration;
listen to that.
And what, monks, is the path conducive to penetration?
That is to say -
the seven factors of enlightenment.
Which seven?
The enlightenment factor of mindfulness, etc.
the enlightenment factor of equanimity."
When this was said, the Venerable Udāyī said this to the Blessed One -
"How, venerable sir, are the seven factors of enlightenment developed, how are they cultivated, so that they lead to penetration?"
"Here, Udāyī, a monk develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release, extensive, exalted, immeasurable, free from ill-will. He, with a mind developed through the enlightenment factor of mindfulness, pierces and breaks through the mass of greed never before pierced, never before broken through; he pierces and breaks through the mass of hate never before pierced, never before broken through; he pierces and breaks through the mass of delusion never before pierced, never before broken through, etc. he develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity, based upon seclusion, based upon dispassion, based upon cessation, maturing in release, extensive, exalted, immeasurable, free from ill-will. He, with a mind developed through the enlightenment factor of equanimity, pierces and breaks through the mass of greed never before pierced, never before broken through; he pierces and breaks through the mass of hate never before pierced, never before broken through; he pierces and breaks through the mass of delusion never before pierced, never before broken through. Thus developed, Udāyī, the seven factors of enlightenment, thus cultivated, lead to penetration." The eighth.