sn46.48:1.1 “Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise.
sn46.48:1.2 In the same way, for a mendicant good friendship is the forerunner and harbinger of the arising of the seven awakening factors.
sn46.48:1.3 A mendicant with good friends can expect to develop and cultivate the seven awakening factors.
sn46.48:1.4 And how does a mendicant with good friends develop and cultivate the seven awakening factors?
sn46.48:1.5 It’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,
sn46.48:1.6 and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
sn46.48:1.7 That’s how a mendicant with good friends develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors.”