“Venerable sir, it is said, ‘poor, poor.’ In what way, venerable sir, is one called ‘poor’?”
“Bhikkhus, it is because one has not developed and cultivated the seven factors of enlightenment that one is called ‘poor.’ What seven?” As above.
sn.46.46 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
Poor
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh
Poor
“Sir, they speak of someone who is ‘poor’.How is a poor person defined?”
“Mendicant, they’re called poor 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 poor because they haven’t developed and cultivated these seven awakening factors.”