正念
相応部経典
趣旨一致
相応部経典(SN46.25)
“Mendicants, I will teach you seven principles that prevent decline. Listen … And what are the seven principles that prevent decline? They are the seven awakening factors. What seven? The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity. These are the seven principles that prevent decline.”
「比丘たちよ、我は今、衰退を防ぐ七つの法を説かん。よく聴くがよい……では、衰退を防ぐ七つの法とは何か。それは七覚支に他ならない。いかなる七つか。念覚支、択法覚支、精進覚支、喜覚支、軽安覚支、定覚支、捨覚支、これらこそが衰退を防ぐ七つの法である。」