Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.109

c19.109

The Bojjhaṅgas appear to have been meant as an enumeration of the factors tending towards Bodhi. They seem to have been considered especially effective against the Nīvaraṇas,⁷⁹ but all of them were not to be cultivated in all states of the Citta. Thus "Viriya" alone is the antidote to "Līnatta", not "Passaddhi".⁸⁰ The Sambojjhaṅgas depended for their perfection on the Satipaṭṭhānas and in turn perfected "Vijjāvimutti".⁸¹