Bojjhanga Sutta - Seven factors of Enlightenment

The Tipitaka, the Buddhist Pali Canon, is replete with references to the factors of enlightenment expounded by the Enlightened One on different occasions under different circumstances. In the Book of the Kindred Sayings (V) [Samyutta Nikaya], we find a special section under the, title Bojjhanga Samyutta wherein the Buddha discourses Maha Vagga on the bojjhangas in diverse ways. In this section we read a series of three discourses or sermons which have been recited by Buddhists ever since the time of the Buddha as a protection against pain, disease and adversity, etc. - Piyadassi Thera