Parent:: [[Dhamma]]
# 37 Bodhipakkhiyā Dhammā (37 Qualities of Awakening)
> [!summary] List of the 37 Qualities
> - 4 Foundation of Mindfulness ([[Satipatthana|Satipaṭṭhāna]])
> - [[Sati|Mindfulness]] of Body, Feeling, Mind, and Dhamma
> - 4 Right efforts _(sammappadhāna)_
> - Related to [[Samma Vayamo|Sammā Vāyāmo]] (See [[MN141 Saccavibhaṅgasutta#^samma-vayamo|MN141]])
> - 4 Four bases of spiritual power _([[Iddhipada|4 Iddhipāda]])_
> 1. [[Chanda]]
> 2. [[Viriya]]
> 3. [[Citta]]
> 4. _Vīmaṁsa_ (Investigation / Analysis)
> - [[5 Indriya]]
> - 5 Power (same 5 as above)
> - [[Bojjhanga|7 Awakening Factors]]
> - [[Noble 8-fold Path]]
> [!NOTE] In Bhāvanāsutta ([AN7.71](https://suttacentral.net/an7.71/en/sujato))
> When a mendicant is committed to development, they might not wish:
> _Bhāvanaṁ anuyuttassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno viharato kiñcāpi na evaṁ icchā uppajjeyya:_
>
> ‘If only my mind was freed from the defilements by not grasping!’
> _‘aho vata me anupādāya āsavehi cittaṁ vimucceyyā’ti,_
>
> Even so, their **mind is freed** from defilements by not grasping.
> _atha khvassa anupādāya āsavehi **cittaṁ vimuccati**._
>
> Why is that?
> _Taṁ kissa hetu?_
>
> You should say: ‘It’s because **they are developed**.’
> _‘**Bhāvitattā**’tissa vacanīyaṁ._
>
> Developed in what?
> _Kissa bhāvitattā?_
>
> **The four kinds of mindfulness meditation (1), the four right efforts (2), the four bases of psychic power (3), the five faculties (4), the five powers (5), the seven awakening factors (6), and the noble eightfold path (7)**.
>
> _**==Catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ, catunnaṁ sammappadhānānaṁ, catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ, pañcannaṁ indriyānaṁ, pañcannaṁ balānaṁ, sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ, ariyassa aṭṭhaṅgikassa maggassa==**._
![[37 Factors of Awakening-1678128393440.jpeg]]
_(Source: Wikipedia)_
## Suttas
- AN7.71 Bhāvanāsutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an7.71/en/sujato))
- DN16 Mahāparinibbānasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/dn16/en/sujato))
- MN151 Piṇḍapātapārisuddhisutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn151/en/sujato))
- Advanced sutta leading to the end of defilements (using [[Sunnata|Suññata]])