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There are 7 jhana factors, not 5. SN 54.2: 7sb☀️ together with 16APS🌬️😤

Notice that 7sb☀️ works as asyncronous, independent jhana factors that are present while one is in all four jhanas, or trying to attain jhanas doing 4sp satipatthana practice. 
In this sutta, the basic 7sb☀️ formula, is combined with the instructions for 16APS🌬️😤 .  This is meant to be recited regularly and reflected upon. The same formula is applied to all the meditation subjects in SN 46. 

SN 46 twenty meditation subjects

It's heavily elided in most translations, but basically it's this same sutta as SN 54.2, but you plug in the different meditation subject where "apanasati sahagatam" appears in this one.
VII. IN-AND-OUT BREATHING
• 57. The Skeleton • 58. The Worm-Infested • 59. The Livid • 60. The Fissured • 61. The Bloated • 62. Lovingkindness • 63. Compassion • 64. Altruistic Joy • 65. Equanimity • 66. Breathing

VIII. CESSATION
• 67. Foulness • 68. Death • 69. Repulsiveness of Food • 70. Nondelight • 71. Impermanence • 72. Suffering • 73. Nonself • 74. Abandonment • 75. Dispassion • 76. Cessation


SN 54.2 bojjh-aį¹…ga-suttaṃ
SN 54.2 awakening-factors-discourse
“ānā-pāna-s-sati, bhikkhave,
Inhaling (&) exhaling rememberfulness, monks,
bhāvitā bahulīkatā
Devleoped (&) pursued,
Mahap-phalā hoti mahā-nisaṃsā.
{is of} great-fruit {****} (&) great-benefit.
kathaṃ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, ānā-pāna-s-sati
How (is) {breath-rememberfulness} developed,
kathaṃ bahulī-katā
how (is it) abundantly-practiced,
Mahap-phalā hoti mahā-nisaṃsā?
{to be of} great-fruit (&) great-benefit?
idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu
here, monks, *******
inhaling-&-exhaling-*-remembering-[practiced] together-with
ānā-pāna-s-sati-sahagataṃ
sati-
(the) Remembering-
-sam-bojjh-aį¹…gaṃ
-***-awakening-factor;
bhāveti
Develop (that)!
Viveka-nissitaṃ
seclusion (is) necessary,
Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ
Dis-passion (is) necessary,
Nirodha-nissitaṃ
cessation (is) necessary,
Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
inhaling-&-exhaling-*-remembering-[practiced] together-with
ānā-pāna-s-sati-sahagataṃ
Dhamma-vicaya-
(the) Dhamma-[principles]-investigation-
-sam-bojjh-aį¹…gaṃ
-***-awakening-factor;
bhāveti
Develop (that)!
Viveka-nissitaṃ
seclusion (is) necessary,
Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ
Dis-passion (is) necessary,
Nirodha-nissitaṃ
cessation (is) necessary,
Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
inhaling-&-exhaling-*-remembering-[practiced] together-with
ānā-pāna-s-sati-sahagataṃ
vīriya-
(the) Vigor-
-sam-bojjh-aį¹…gaṃ
-***-awakening-factor;
bhāveti
Develop (that)!
Viveka-nissitaṃ
seclusion (is) necessary,
Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ
Dis-passion (is) necessary,
Nirodha-nissitaṃ
cessation (is) necessary,
Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
inhaling-&-exhaling-*-remembering-[practiced] together-with
ānā-pāna-s-sati-sahagataṃ
pīti-
(the) Rapture-
-sam-bojjh-aį¹…gaṃ
-***-awakening-factor;
bhāveti
Develop (that)!
Viveka-nissitaṃ
seclusion (is) necessary,
Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ
Dis-passion (is) necessary,
Nirodha-nissitaṃ
cessation (is) necessary,
Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
inhaling-&-exhaling-*-remembering-[practiced] together-with
ānā-pāna-s-sati-sahagataṃ
passaddhi-
(the) Pacification-
-sam-bojjh-aį¹…gaṃ
-***-awakening-factor;
bhāveti
Develop (that)!
Viveka-nissitaṃ
seclusion (is) necessary,
Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ
Dis-passion (is) necessary,
Nirodha-nissitaṃ
cessation (is) necessary,
Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
inhaling-&-exhaling-*-remembering-[practiced] together-with
ānā-pāna-s-sati-sahagataṃ
samādhi-
(the) Undistractable-Lucidity-
-sam-bojjh-aį¹…gaṃ
-***-awakening-factor;
bhāveti
Develop (that)!
Viveka-nissitaṃ
seclusion (is) necessary,
Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ
Dis-passion (is) necessary,
Nirodha-nissitaṃ
cessation (is) necessary,
Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
inhaling-&-exhaling-*-remembering-[practiced] together-with
ānā-pāna-s-sati-sahagataṃ
upekkhā-
(the) Equanimous-Observation-
-sam-bojjh-aį¹…gaṃ
-***-awakening-factor;
bhāveti
Develop (that)!
Viveka-nissitaṃ
seclusion (is) necessary,
Vi-rāga-nissitaṃ
Dis-passion (is) necessary,
Nirodha-nissitaṃ
cessation (is) necessary,
Vossagga-pariṇāmiṃ,
relinquishment (is what it) matures (into).
evaṃ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, ānā-pāna-s-sati
thus developed ***, **********, {***-****-*-****}
evaṃ bahulīkatā
thus pursued,
Mahap-phalā hoti mahā-nisaṃsā”ti.
{breath-rememberfulness} {is of} great-fruit (&) great-benefit.’

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