The Seven Factors of Enlightenment are seven qualities that lead to enlightenment and also describe enlightenment. The Buddha referred to these factors in several of his sermons recorded in the Pali Tipitika. The factors are called satta bojjhanga in Pali and sapta bodhyanga in Sanskrit. Mindfulness (sati- sambojjhang) Right Mindfulness is the seventh part of the Eightfold Path of ...
Seven Days / Sieben Tage / Sete Dias / Siete Dias
The Genesis Creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity. (Genesis 1:1–2:3) Elohim, the Hebrew generic plural word for God, creates the heavens and the earth in six days. Starting with light on the first day and ending with Mankind on the sixth, then rests on, blesses and sanctifies the seventh.- Biblical Sabbath is a ...
Seven Chakras / Sieben Chakren / Sete Chacras / Siete Chakras
According to Hindu and Buddhist belief, chakras are vast pools of energy in our bodies which govern our psychological qualities. There are said to be Seven Chakras in all; four in our upper body, which govern our mental properties, and three in the lower body, which govern our instinctual properties. The Muladhara (root) chakra. The Svadhisthana (sacral) chakra. The ...
Seven heavenly Virtues / Sieben himmlischen Tugenden / Sete celestiais Virtudes / Siete celestiales Virtudes
The Seven Virtues refers to the union of two sets of virtues: from ancient Greek philosophy, are prudence, justice, temperance and courage. And the three theological virtues, from the letters of Saint Paul of Tarsus, are faith, hope, and Love. These were adopted by the Church Fathers as the seven virtues. At the beginning of his mission ...
Seven deadly Sins / Sieben Todsünden / Sete pecados Capitais / Siete pecados Capitales
The Seven Deadly Sins is a grouping and classification of vices of Christian origin. Behaviors or habits are classified under this category if they directly give birth to other immoralities. The modern concept of the Seven Deadly Sins is linked to the works of the fourth-century monk Evagrius Ponticus, who listed eight evil thoughts in Greek ...