七菩提分

saptabodhyaṅga, also [lang id =1028]七菩提寶, [lang id =1028]七覺分, [lang id =1028]七覺支, [lang id =1028]七等覺支. Seven characteristics of bodhi; the sixth of the [lang id =1028]七科七道品 in the seven categories of the bodhipakṣika dharma, v. [lang id =1028]三十七菩提分 it represents seven grades in bodhi,viz,

(1)[lang id =1028]擇法覺支(or [lang id =1028]擇法菩提分 and so throughout), dharma-pravicaya-saṃbodhyaṇga, discrimination of the true and the fa1se :

(2) [lang id =1028]精進 vīrya-saṃbodhyaṇga, zeal, or undeflected progress;

(3) [lang id =1028]喜prīti-saṃbodhyaṇga., joy, delight;

(4) [lang id =1028]輕安 or [lang id =1028]除 praśrabdhi-saṃbodhyaṇga. Riddance of all grossness or weight of body or mind, so that they may be light, free, and at ease;

(5) [lang id =1028]念 smrti-saṃbodhyaṇga, power of remembering the various states passed through in contemplation;

(6) [lang id =1028]定 samādhi-saṃbodhyaṇga.the power to keep the mind in a given realm undiverted;

(7) [lang id =1028]行捨 or [lang id =1028]捨 upekṣā-saṃbodhyaṇga or upekṣaka, complete abandonment, auto-hypnosis, or indifference to all disturbances of the sub-conscious or ecstatic mind.

* * *

見七覺分條。