Re[2]: wings to awakening

Hello:

JD> If I'm not mistaken, I believe the word 'bodhipakkhiydhammaa' is
JD> commentarial. Buddhaghosa explains the meaning of the term in the
JD> Visuddhimagga as states or things 'partaking' of enlightenment,
JD> but I don't think it appears in the Pali Canon.

Well, 'bodhipakkhiyaa dhammaa' occurs many times in Samyutta Nikaya
(5.231, etc.), with clear explanation 'bodhaaya sa.mvattati' 'leading
to Enlightenment'.

It also occurs several times in Anguttara Nikaya (3.70, 3.300, etc.)

And why 'states'? Is, for example, 'faith' a state? It is clearly a
'mental quality'.

Metta,
Dimitry