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bodhipākṣikāḥ dharmāḥ [bodhipakkhiyā dhammā] aids to enlightenment. Bodhipākṣika-dharma consists of thirty-seven factors which are considered as aids to enlightenment. These factors include

  • four methods of mindfulness (smṛtyupasthāna),
  • four right efforts (samyakpradhāna or prahāṇa),
  • four bases of psychic potency (ṛddhipāda),
  • five faculties (indriya),
  • five powers (bala),
  • seven factors of enlightenment (bodhyaṅga), and
  • eight constituents of the Noble Path (mārga).
Source
Buddhānusmṛti - A Glossary of Buddhist Terms
Page
Aṭṭhasālinī. Nidāna. 36. Mahāyāna-Sūtrālaṅkāra. XVIII. 135-139.
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