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The '''thirty-seven factors of enlightenment''' (Skt. ''saptatriṁśa-bodhipakṣa-dharma''; Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་ཀྱི་ཕྱོགས་ཀྱི་ཆོས་སུམ་ཅུ་རྩ་བདུན་, [[Wyl.]] ''byang chub kyi phyogs kyi chos sum cu rtsa bdun''; Pin. ''sanshiqi daopin'') are thirty-seven practices, presented in seven groupings, undertaken and perfected at specific stages of the first four of the [[five paths]] and present thereafter as qualities of [[enlightenment]]. They are found in Buddha's ''[[Mahaparinirvana Sutra]]''.

They are as follows:
* '''1-4:''' {{:four applications of mindfulness}}
* '''5-8:''' {{:four genuine restraints}}
* '''9-12:''' {{:four bases of miraculous powers}}
* '''13-17:''' {{:five powers}}
* '''18-22:''' {{:five strengths}}
* '''23-29:''' {{:seven elements for enlightenment}}
* '''30-37:''' {{:noble eightfold path}} 

==Alternative Translations==
*thirty-seven wings of enlightenment (Dharma Publishing)

==Further Reading==
*[[Kangyur Rinpoche]], ''Treasury of Precious Qualities'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2001), 'Appendix 6'. 

==External Links==
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/patrul-rinpoche/stages-and-path|''A Brief Guide to the Stages and Paths of the Bodhisattvas'' by Patrul Rinpoche}}

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