The 37 Factors of Enlightenment

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Though I'd been planning to make a thread citing some of the material I've come across in my recent study of the Buddha's Path of Purification, plenum's Right Speech thread inspired me to hop right to it.

THE THIRTY-SEVEN FACTORS OF ENLIGHTENMENT

The four foundations of mindfulness

• Mindfulness of the body
  
• Mindfulness of feelings
  
• Mindfulness of consciousness
  
• Mindfulness of mental objects (dhammas)
  

The four right efforts

• The effort to prevent unskillful mental states from arising
  
• The effort to eliminate unskillful mental states that have already arisen
  
• The effort to cultivate skillful mental states
  
• The effort to sustain skillful mental states that have already arisen
  

The four means to the accomplishment of the Buddha's teaching

• Wholesome desire
  
• Energy
  
• Consciousness
  
• Investigation
  

The five spiritual faculties that need to be in balance

• Faith or confidence
  
• Energy
  
• Mindfulness
  
• Concentration
  
• Wisdom
  

The five powers unshakable by their opposites

• Faith or confidence
  
• Energy
  
• Mindfulness
  
• Concentration
  
• Wisdom
  

The seven factors of enlightenment (from the Mahasatipatthana Sutta)

• Mindfulness
  
• Investigation of dhammas
  
• Energy or effort
  
• Rapture or joy
  
• Tranquility
  
• Concentration
  
• Equanimity
  

The eight path factors

• Right view
  
• Right intention
  
• Right speech
  
• Right action
  
• Right livelihood
  
• Right effort
  
• Right mindfulness
  
• Right concentration