37bp notes (illustrated)

37bp factors = 7 sets of bodhi-pakkhiya Dhamma

DN 27
samaṇopi kho, vāseṭṭha, kāyena saṁvuto vācāya saṁvuto manasā saṁvuto

sattannaṁ bodhi-pakkhiyānaṁ dhammānaṁ

bhāvanamanvāya diṭṭheva dhamme parinibbāyati.

or ascetic who is restrained in body, speech, and mind, and develops

the seven Buddha wings of Dharma,

realize nirvana in this very life.

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wheel with 8 spokes of course = Dhamma = noble eightfold path

The dragon is a simile for 7 awakening factors

warrior = 4 right efforts

5 indriya and 5 bala are the same, just different names

Only simile I'm aware of is river with island in the middle which can be viewed as:
1) still just one river
2) two rivers from the point of view of the island

My own visual representation (not from suttas)

5 indriya faculties = 5 fingers of one hand

5 bala = 5 fingers of the other hand balled up into a fist

4ip iddhi pada

https://notesonthedhamma.blogspot.com/2024/10/collection-of-notes-on-4ip-iddhi-pada.html

not one of the 7 sets of 37bp

🔗📝 collection of notes on STED 6ab abhiñña higher knowledges

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