MN 117 and its implications

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Here are some relevant references:

SuttaStudy 3: Great Forty, MN117

I think MN117 is an interesting sutta, because it contains how Right Unification (Samma samadhi) is arrived at. It also important to note that it describes how each of the factors of the path are caused. It also shows the ability to go from the ‘wrong path’ to the ‘right path’. It also contains the following “This Dhamma discourse on the Great Forty has been set rolling and cannot be stopped by any recluse or Brahmin or god or Māra or Brahmā or anyone in the world” rarely seen elsewhere in the…