The Buddha's Headache
Channel: SF Dharma Collective
Date: 2023-05-22

In tonight's teaching, MC discussed the Buddha's Headache as a jumping off point for elucidating the 7 Factors of Awakening*, how they are interpreted, and how they can be meaningfully integrated in our practice.

* The Seven Factors of Awakening (Pali: satta bojjhaṅgā or satta sambojjhaṅgā; Skt.: sapta bodhyanga) are:

- Mindfulness (sati, Sanskrit smṛti). To maintain awareness of reality, in particular the teachings (dhamma).
- Investigation of the nature of reality (dhamma vicaya, Skt. dharmapravicaya).
- Energy or Drive (viriya, Skt. vīrya) also determination, effort
- Joy or rapture (pīti, Skt. prīti)
- Relaxation or tranquility (passaddhi, Skt. prashrabdhi) of both body and mind / also lightness of body
- Concentration (samādhi) a calm, one-pointed state of mind, or "bringing the buried latencies or samskaras into full view"
- Equanimity or Renunciation (upekkha, Skt. upekshā). To accept reality as-it-is (yathā-bhuta) without craving or aversion.

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