5. Cakkavattivagga

5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.43

Linked Discourses 46.43

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5. Cakkavattivagga

5. A Wheel-Turning Monarch

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Mārasutta

About Māra

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“Mārasenappamaddanaṁ vo, bhikkhave, maggaṁ desessāmi;

“Mendicants, I will teach you a path for crushing Māra’s army.

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taṁ suṇātha.

Listen …

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Katamo ca, bhikkhave, mārasenappamaddano maggo?

And what is that path?

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Yadidaṁ—

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satta bojjhaṅgā.

It is the seven awakening factors.

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Katame satta?

What seven?

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Satisambojjhaṅgo …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo—

The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.

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ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, mārasenappamaddano maggo”ti.

This is the path for crushing Māra’s army.”

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Tatiyaṁ.