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　　(46) I.e. the indriyas, the satipatthānas, the bojjhangas, etc.

　　(47) These sets are collectively known as the Bodhipakkiyadhammas and they are very prominent in the Suttas, see in particular volume V of the Samyutta Nikāya. (It should be noted that the Vibhanga includes other sets as well - i.e. apart from the Bodhipakkiyadhammas - but these sets are generally not concerned with lokuttarajjhāna and are therefore not relevant to this study.) It is significant that when these sets are spoken of in the Suttas they are always spoken of in terms of "development" or "cultivation", i.e. "bhāvanā". This seems to be a clear indication that they form part of the path of practice and not the result of practicing the path. This is in sharp contrast to the Sutta terminology used to describe the attainments of the stages of Enlightenment (i.e. the results of practice), terminology such as: "realization" (sacchikiriyā); "attainment" (anuppatta); "liberation" (vimutta); etc. This distinction seems to be very consistent in the Suttas, the former being the path, the latter the results.

　　(48) This is so for all the sets that make up the Bodhipakkhiyadhammas apart from the 5 indriyas; for the indriyas only an Abhidhamma exposition is given.

　　(49) This is not surprising because one of the main purposes of the Abhidhamma is precisely to analyze existence into its component parts.

　　(50) This does not mean that the Abhidhamma analysis necessarily is wrong, rather that it is not directly comparable to the Sutta usage. It could be argued that the Abhidhamma-exposition describes the culmination of the path as described by the Sutta-exposition (see "The Buddhist Path to Awakening" by Rupert Gethin). Although the two expositions may thus be compatible, they are still concerned with two very different aspects of Buddhist practice, i.e. the result of practicing the path and the path itself respectively.

　　(51) Rewritten, that is, for those who rely exclusively on the Commentaries to explain the Suttas.

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