37 Factors of Enlightenment

Question 1

The 8 Fold Noble Path

Answer 1

1) Right View
2) Right Thought
3) Right Speech
4) Right Action
5) Right Livelihood
6) Right Effort
7) Right Mindfulness
8) Right Concentration

Question 2

The 3 Higher Trainings

Answer 2

1) Shila - discipline/ morality
2) Samadhi - meditative concentration
3) Pragya - wisdom of emptiness

Question 3

8 Fold Noble Path and 3 Higher Trainings Overlap

Answer 3

1) Right View and 2) Right Thought = Wisdom

3) Right Speech, 4) Right Action, 5) Right Livelihood = Shila/ discipline

7) Right Mindfulness and 8) Right Concentration = Samadhi

6) Right Effort is part of all 3 Higher Trainings

Question 4

The 4 Mindfulnesses (Setipattana Sutra)

Answer 4

1) Mindfulness of the body - to be impure
2) Mindfulness of the feeling - to be of suffering nature
3) Mindfulness of the mind - to be impermanent
4) Mindfulness of the Phenomena - to be of selflessness nature