32b: The 14th Rains Retreat (Rāhula) – 1058
Rāhula Attains Awakening
The Buddha was still staying at Jetavana, Sāvatthī, observing the fourteenth
Rains Retreat (
Vassa
) in that city. At that time, Rāhula had completed 20 years
of age and had become a newly ordained monk, and had not completed a Rains
Retreat as a monastic.
One day, at daybreak, when the Buddha surveyed the world of beings, a thought
arose in him: “The fifteen maturities of freedom (
vimutti-paripācanīya-dhamma
)
have now ripened in Rāhula. What if I were to exhort and guide him so that he
would take a step further towards the attainment of the paths and fruitions of
Awakening!” Herein, the fifteen factors leading to Awakening are:
Three factors with reference to faith (
saddhā
):
1. Dissociation from faithless persons.
2. Association with faithful persons.
3. Reflection on discourses causing faith.
Three factors with reference to energy (
viriya
):
4. Dissociation from lazy persons.
5. Association with energetic persons.
6. Reflection on discourses causing energy.
Three factors with reference to mindfulness (
sati
):
7. Dissociation from unmindful persons.
8. Association with mindful persons.
9. Reflection on discourses causing mindfulness.
Three factors with reference to concentration (
samādhi
):
10. Dissociation from persons of unconcentrated mind.
11. Association with persons of concentrated mind.
12. Reflection on discourses causing absorption (
jhāna
) and emancipation
(
vimokkha
).
Three factors with reference to wisdom (
paññā
):