sn.46.44 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Unwise

Then a certain bhikkhu approached the Blessed One … and said to him:

“Venerable sir, it is said, ‘an unwise dolt, an unwise dolt.’ In what way, venerable sir, is one called ‘an unwise dolt’?”

“Bhikkhus, it is because one has not developed and cultivated the seven factors of enlightenment that one is called ‘an unwise dolt.’ What seven? The enlightenment factor of mindfulness … the enlightenment factor of equanimity. It is because one has not developed and cultivated these seven factors of enlightenment that one is called ‘an unwise dolt.’”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Witless

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,
“Sir, they speak of ‘a witless idiot’.
How is a witless idiot defined?”
“Mendicant, they’re called a witless idiot because they haven’t developed and cultivated the seven awakening factors.
What seven?
The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.
They’re called a witless idiot because they haven’t developed and cultivated these seven awakening factors.”