sn46.4:3.1 Suppose that a ruler or their chief minister had a chest full of garments of different colors.
sn46.4:3.2 In the morning, they’d don whatever pair of garments they wanted.
sn46.4:3.3 At midday,
sn46.4:3.4 and in the evening, they’d don whatever pair of garments they wanted.
sn46.4:3.5 In the same way, in the morning,
sn46.4:3.6 at midday,
sn46.4:3.7 and in the evening, I meditate on whichever of these seven awakening factors I want.
sn46.4:3.8 If it’s the awakening factor of mindfulness, I know that it’s limitless and that it’s properly implemented. While it remains I understand that it remains.
sn46.4:3.9 And if it subsides I understand the specific reason it subsides. …
sn46.4:3.10 If it’s the awakening factor of equanimity, I know that it’s limitless and that it’s properly implemented. While it remains I understand that it remains.
sn46.4:3.11 And if it subsides I understand the specific reason it subsides.”