How You Balance the Seven Factors of Enlightenment 1/2

If one is to ach ieve jhāna using ānāpānasati , it is also important to balance the Seven Factors of Enligh t enment. They are: 1. Mindfulness ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... (sati) Remembers the pañ ibhāga - nimitta and di s cerns it again and again. 2. Investigation of Phenom ena ................................ .................... (dhammavicaya) Un derstands the pañ ibhāga - nimitta penetratively. 3. Effort ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ (vīriya) Brings the enlightenment factors together, and balances them on the pañ ibhāga - nimitta; and especially reinforces itself, and the Fa c tor of Investiga tion of Phenomena. 4. Joy ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................... (pīti) Gladness of the mind when experiencing the pañ ibhāga - nimitta. 5. Tranquillity ................................ ................................ ............................. (passaddhi) Calmness of the mind and associated mental factors, that have the pañ ibhāga - nimitta as their object. 6. Concentration ................................ ................................ .......................... (samādhi) One - pointedness of the mind on the p añ i b hāga - nimitta. 7. Equanimity ................................ ................................ ................................ (upekkhā) Evenness of mind that neither be comes e x cited, nor withdraws from the pañ ibhāga - nimitta.