6 things for investigation to grow

Six things for investigation to grow:

1. Asking questions

2. Clean, healthy and hygienic mental and physical praxis

3. Avoidance of people with small and unclear understanding

4. Friendship with people with exact and profound understanding

5. Repeated reviewing reflection on all deeper questions

6. Commitment to finding out precisely why and how

(from Samyutta Nikaya 46)

References

• The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained. David N. Snyder, Ph.D., 2006.
• http://www.thedhamma.com/