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the sphere of application is right intention... the sphere of restraint is right speech... the sphere of origination is right action... the sphere of purification is right livelihood... the sphere of exertion is right effort... the sphere of establishment is right mindfulness... the sphere of non-distraction is right concentration. The sphere of establishment is the enlightenment factor of mindfulness... A circle of investigation, the factor of awakening of investigation of phenomena… A circle of exertion, the factor of awakening of energy… A circle of pervading, the factor of awakening of rapture… A circle of calming, the factor of awakening of tranquility… A circle of non-distraction, the factor of awakening of concentration… A circle of contemplation, the factor of awakening of equanimity. Unshakeable in faithlessness, the power of faith… Unshakeable in laziness, the power of energy… Unshakeable in heedlessness, the power of mindfulness… Unshakeable in restlessness, the power of concentration… Unshakeable in ignorance, the power of wisdom. A circle of determination, the faculty of faith… A circle of exertion, the faculty of energy… A circle of establishment, the faculty of mindfulness… A circle of non-distraction, the faculty of concentration… A circle of seeing, the faculty of wisdom. In the sense of mastery, the faculties are the circle, In the sense of unshakeability, the powers are the circle, In the sense of deliverance, the factors of awakening are the circle, In the sense of cause, the path is the circle, In the sense of establishment, the foundations of mindfulness are the circle, In the sense of exertion, the right exertions are the circle, In the sense of accomplishment, the bases of power are the circle, In the sense of reality, the truths are the circle, In the sense of non-distraction, tranquility is the circle, In the sense of contemplation, insight is the circle, In the sense of single essence, tranquility and insight are the circle, In the sense of non-transgression, the conjoined pair is the circle, In the sense of restraint, purity of conduct is the circle, In the sense of non-distraction, purity of mind is the circle, In the sense of seeing, purity of view is the circle, In the sense of release, liberation is the circle, In the sense of penetration, true knowledge is the circle, In the sense of relinquishment, emancipation is the circle, In the sense of eradication, knowledge of destruction is the circle, In the sense of cessation, knowledge of non-arising is the circle, In the sense of root, desire is the circle, In the sense of arising, attention is the circle, In the sense of conjunction, contact is the circle, In the sense of converging, feeling is the circle, In the sense of foremost, concentration is the circle, In the sense of mastery, mindfulness is the circle, In the sense of being superior, wisdom is the circle, In the sense of essence, emancipation is the circle, Immersed in the deathless, Nibbana, in the sense of culmination, is the circle. The Fourth Recitation Section. The Discourse on the Circle is finished. The Great Chapter, first. Its summary – Knowledge and vision, and breaths, faculty, liberation Not the fifth; Due to karmic reversal, The path, with its essence, is shown to you. This was established by the upholders of the Nikāyas, the unequalled, the first, the supreme. Thus, the Excellent Chapter.