Eight Marvelous Qualities – Seven
(7) “Just as the great ocean contains many precious substances, various precious substances… so also this Dhamma and Discipline contains many precious things, various precious things, such as these: the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right endeavors, the four bases for successful accomplishment, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven enlightenment factors, and the Noble Eightfold Path. This is the seventh wonderful and marvellous quality in this Dhamma and Discipline…
“Uposatha Sutta: The Observance Day” (Ud 5.5), translated from the Pali by John D. Ireland. Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 13 June 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/ud/ud.5.05.irel.html .
Comment: Next we’ll take a look a the four foundations of mindfulness, the four right endeavors, the five powers, and the rest. Hooray – quite a few more days worth of topics! To your happiness – Mark