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   Passaddhi

   Passaddhi is a Pali noun that has been translated as "calmness," "tranquillity," "repose" and "serenity." The associated verb is passambhati (to calm down, to be quiet).
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   Anapanasati

   The Ānāpānasati Sutta specifically concerns mindfulness of inhalation and exhalation, and recommends the practice of ānāpānasati meditation as a means of cultivating the seven factors of awakening: sati (mindfulness), dhamma vicaya (analysis), viriya (persistence), which leads to piti (rapture), then to passaddhi (serenity), which in turn leads to samadhi (concentration) and then to upekkhā (equanimity).
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   Seven Factors of Enlightenment

   "When his mind is agitated through over-energeticness, etc., then ... he should develop those [three enlightenment factors] beginning with tranquillity..." (i.e., passaddhi, samadhi, upekkha).
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   Pratītyasamutpāda

   tranquillity (passaddhi)
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   Bodhipakkhiyādhammā

   Tranquility (passaddhi)
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   Serenity

   Passaddhi, Buddhist enlightenment factor
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   Dhamma vicaya

   It is preceded by the establishment of mindfulness (sati) and leads to energy (viriya), rapture (piti), tranquillity (passaddhi), concentration (samadhi) and equanimity (upekkha).
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   Adhiṭṭhāna

   Passaddhi (tranquillity)
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   Tranquillity

   Passaddhi - tranquillity as part of the Buddhist spiritual path.
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    Sukha

    Providing a bare-bones conditional chain of events that overlaps the above more narrative exposition, the Upanisa Sutta (SN 12.23) states that sukha arises from tranquillity (passaddhi) of the body and mind, and in turn gives rise to concentration (samādhi).

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Passaddhi,
• Anapanasati,
• Seven Factors of Enlightenment,
• Pratītyasamutpāda,
• Bodhipakkhiyādhammā,
• Serenity,
• Dhamma vicaya,
• Adhiṭṭhāna,
• Tranquillity,
• Sukha