What we note from the Chart is how the process entailed in the bojjhanga begins with a strong cognitive element, Moving between praxis and affection, and ending up in cognition. But it is even more complex than this. While“Mindfulness”26 (sati) is clearly in the cognitive domain, it also appears in the affective. “Dharma investigation” (Dharma
vicaya), as the term “investigation” suggests, is cognitive. What is?
Meant here is any and all reality, as discovered by oneself thus far and/or
As taught by the Buddha, in relation to one’s own mind. Like a
Scientist examining the qualities of a fluid or a solid, the practitioner is
Now looking deeper and broader into the nature of one’s own mental
Qualities, and in the process other related phenomena.