1"Bhikkhus, suppose there is a guest house. People come from the east, west, north, and south and lodge there; khattiyas, brahmins, vessas, and suddas come and lodge there.

"So too, when a bhikkhu develops and cultivates the factors of enlightenment,
- he fully understands by direct knowledge those things that are to be fully understood by direct knowledge;
- he abandons by direct knowledge those things that are to be abandoned by direct knowledge;
- he realizes by direct knowledge those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge;
- he develops by direct knowledge those things that are to be developed by direct knowledge.

"And what, bhikkhus, are the things to be fully understood by direct knowledge? It should be said: the five aggregates subject to clinging. What five?

The form aggregate subject to clinging,
the feeling aggregate subject to clinging,
the perception aggregate subject to clinging,
the volitional formations aggregate subject to clinging,
the consciousness aggregate subject to clinging.
These are the things to be fully understood by direct knowledge.

"And what, bhikkhus, are the things to be abandoned by direct knowledge?
Ignorance and craving for existence.
These are the things to be abandoned by direct knowledge.

"And what, bhikkhus, are the things to be realized by direct knowledge?
True knowledge and liberation.
These are the things to be realized by direct knowledge.

"And what, bhikkhus, are the things to be developed by direct knowledge?
Serenity and insight.
These are the things to be developed by direct knowledge.

"And how is it, bhikkhus, that when a bhikkhu develops and cultivates the factors of enlightenment,
- he fully understands by direct knowledge those things that are to be fully understood by direct knowledge;
- he abandons by direct knowledge those things that are to be abandoned by direct knowledge;
- he realizes by direct knowledge those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge;
- he develops by direct knowledge those things that are to be developed by direct knowledge?

"Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness,
develops the enlightenment factor of discrimination of states,
develops the enlightenment factor of energy,
develops the enlightenment factor of rapture,
develops the enlightenment factor of tranquillity,
develops the enlightenment factor of concentration,
develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity,
- which are based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release;
- which have as their final goal the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion;
- which have the Deathless as their ground, the Deathless as their destination, the Deathless as their final goal;
- which slant, slope, and incline towards Nibbāna.

"It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu develops and cultivates the factors of enlightenment so that
- he fully understands by direct knowledge those things that are to be fully understood by direct knowledge;
- he abandons by direct knowledge those things that are to be abandoned by direct knowledge;
- he realizes by direct knowledge those things that are to be realized by direct knowledge;
- he develops by direct knowledge those things that are to be developed by direct knowledge."

1"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, āgantukāgāraṁ. Tattha puratthimāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, pacchimāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, uttarāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, dakkhiṇāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, khattiyāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, brāhmaṇāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, vessāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, suddāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti; … pe …