{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn46.11/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn46.11","id":"suttacentral_sn46.11","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn46.11/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, whatever living creatures engage in the four postures\u2014 sometimes walking, sometimes standing, sometimes sitting, sometimes lying down\u2014all do so depending on the earth and grounded on the earth. In the same way, a mendicant develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors depending on and grounded on ethics. And how does a mendicant develop the seven awakening factors depending on and grounded on ethics? It\u2019s when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. That\u2019s how a mendicant develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors depending on and grounded on ethics.\u201d","title":"Living Creatures","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":113}