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# The Wings
to
Awakening

## An Anthology from the Pali Canon

### Translated and Explained
by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
(Geoffrey DeGraff)

Copyright © Thanissaro Bhikkhu 1996

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Revised: Tue 16 April 2002

> [The Buddha:] So this is what you think of me: "The Blessed One, sympathetic, seeking our well-being, teaches the Dhamma out of sympathy." Then you should train yourselves -- harmoniously, cordially, and without dispute -- in the qualities I have pointed out, having known them directly: the four frames of reference, the four right exertions, the four bases of power, the five faculties, the five strengths, the seven factors for Awakening, the noble eightfold path.

> > -- M.103

## Contents

- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Preface: How to Read This Book
- A Table of the Wings to Awakening
  - I. The Seven Sets
  - II. The Factors of the Seven Sets classed under the Five Faculties
- Introduction
- PART I: BASIC PRINCIPLES
  - A. Skillfulness (§§1-7)
  - B. Kamma & the Ending of Kamma (§§8-17)
- PART II: THE SEVEN SETS
  - A. The Treasures of the Teaching (§§18-25)
  - B. The Four Frames of Reference (§§26-48)
  - C. The Four Right Exertions (§§49-62)
  - D. The Four Bases of Power (§§63-68)
  - E. The Five Faculties (§§69-89)
  - F. The Five Strengths (§§90-91)
  - G. The Seven Factors for Awakening (§§92-100)
  - H. The Noble Eightfold Path (§§101-114)
- PART III: THE BASIC FACTORS
  - A. Conviction (§§115-130)
  - B. Persistence
  - C. Mindfulness
  - D. Concentration: Abandoning the Hindrances (§§131-147)
  - E. Right Concentration (§§148-164)
  - F. Concentration & Discernment (§§165-178)
  - G. Equanimity in Concentration & Discernment (§§179-183)
  - H. Discernment: Right View (§§184-187)
    - i. The Four Noble Truths (§§188-195)
    - ii. The First Truth (§§196-207)
    - iii. The Second & Third Truths (§§208-238)
    - iv. The Fourth Truth (§§239-240)
- Glossary
- Indexes
- Bibliography

Revised: Tue 16 April 2002