Recording Date: 2020.0725
Title: Bojjhaṅga 7 Factors of Enlightenment
Speaker: Sylvia Bay
Talk is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UXmbLOmeh8k
Sylvia Bay YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJPuTUQiCx5w1LLhZ8OrPu_QI1sQ-oe6y
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This is the edited recording with annotations of the talk given by Sis Sylvia Bay on Sat, 25 July 2020 at Buddhist Fellowship 'Facebook Live'.
Bojjhaṅga or the 7 Factors of Enlightenment ("7FE") is the final part of a 4-part series (earlier, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Wrong View) that emphasises on the critical importance of being wholesome in body, speech and mind for ease of daily living. Sis Sylvia first explains what the regular mind is like and that upon 'contact' how stress, getting caught up and becoming heedless can conditionally arise. Using a suite of different suttas related to 7 Factors of Enlightenment, Sis Sylvia explains how even when 7FE are not mental faculties but mental states that are fleeting, one can experience relief. The crux of the talk, however, is about how one sets the conditions for these 7FE to arise, to cultivate them to become faculties (4 steps) and how to apply them and in explaining the 7FE, regular mindfulness (sati) is differentiated from the enlightenment factor of sati. In the end, Sis Sylvia shared a beautiful sutta on the far shore describing extinguishment.
Suttas Referenced:
Bojjhaṅga Saṃyutta Chapter 46
Sīla Sutta SN 46.3 (Virtues)
Bhikkhu Sutta SN 46.5 (A Monk)
Anupakkilesa Sutta SN 46.34 (Non-corruptions)
Kuṇḍaliya Sutta SN 46.6
Anīvaraṇa Sutta SN 46.38 (Without Hindrances )
Paṭhamakusala Sutta SN 46.31 (Wholesome)
The Simile of the Sun 1 & 2 SN 46.12-13
Kāya Sutta SN 46.2 (Body)
Aggi Sutta SN 46.53 (Fire)
Taṇhakkhaya Sutta SN 46.26 (The End of Craving)
Gaṅgāpeyyāla Vagga SN 46.77 (The River Ganges)
Nibbidā Sutta SN 46.20 (Disillusionment)
Pāraṅgama Sutta SN 46.17 (Going to the Far Shore)
Referenced Talks:
Right Speech - https://youtu.be/IXSrrPwoc_4
Right Action - https://youtu.be/BEAO0kNx38M
Right Livelihood - https://youtu.be/_1KYCkEaA_U
Sabbāsava Sutta MN2 - https://youtu.be/IyRN8F_zLdE
Bojjhaṅga retreat in 2016, Bhante Gunaratana (playlist of 6 videos) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXXXpp8InUMTdrNlL4mOurYyenpM2xbTD
Audio (MP3) and Whiteboard Notes for Downloads Only:
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Profile of Speaker:
Sis Sylvia Bay has dedicated herself to the study and practice of the Buddha's teachings since 1992. She holds a BA (Hons) in Buddhist Studies from the Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka, and was a lecturer with her alma mater. She also has a Masters in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Studies. Since 2001, Sis Sylvia has been a regular speaker on Buddhist doctrines and their practical applications at local and regional Buddhist organisations. In 2013, she published her first book “Between The Lines: An Analytical Appreciation of The Buddha’s Life”. She is now working on another book titled "Towards The Light: the Buddha's Guide to a Heavenly Rebirth".
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