sn46.5:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn46.5:1.2 Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,
sn46.5:1.3 “Sir, they speak of the ‘awakening factors’.
sn46.5:1.4 How are the awakening factors defined?”
sn46.5:1.5 “Mendicant, they’re called awakening factors because they lead to awakening.
sn46.5:1.6 A mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,
sn46.5:1.7 and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
sn46.5:1.8 As they develop the seven awakening factors, their mind is freed from the defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.
sn46.5:1.9 When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.
sn46.5:1.10 They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’
sn46.5:1.11 They’re called awakening factors because they lead to awakening.”