<p>This <a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/10.1-Bodhipakkhiya-Dhamma-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PDF</a> could be a useful resource, specifically the following passages:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>faith and wisdom are to be balanced
  <strong>so as to avoid blind belief and mere intellectual cleverness;</strong>
  effort and concentration are to be balanced
  <strong>to avoid mental restlessness and sluggishness.</strong></p>
  
  <p>Mindfulness is the key factor that keeps all the other
  factors in balance and harmony</p>
</blockquote>

<p>and </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The three factors of investigation (dhamma,vicaya), effort (viriya) and zest (piti) <strong>counteract torpor</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>The three factors of tranquillity (passaddhi), concentration (samādhi) and equanimity (upekkhā)
  <strong>counteract mental agitation</strong>. </p>
  
  <p>Mindfulness (sati) keeps the two sets of factors in a harmonious balance.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Other than these areas I could find no references to balancing the 37 factors. Hopefully this is what you are looking for... </p>

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Thanks. In the 37 factors there are 7 sets. I am looking for a summary including each of the sets. What you have pointed is one of the 7. Thanks for this. If you manage to locate the other 6 please add then. If somebody else does please add a new answer.
Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
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I'll keep looking, but I think that the idea of balancing does not apply to all the sets.
hellyale
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Take a look at the PDF, in the meantime I'll see if I can find another resource.
hellyale
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I know this applies to some of the sets only so in which case what does it apply to and which it does not apply to. So what I have found so far is 5 Powers, 5 Faculties and 7 Enlightenment factors. I am trying to ascertain if these are the only factors or not. Also please keep searching. Also thanks very much for your efforts.
Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
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Also another personal notion I have is in the 8 fold path is each sub division of morality, concentration and wisdom has balancing factor also. I have not still found any source to confirm my hunch on this.
Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
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hellyale
<p>The 37 Factors are sometimes paired as balancing factors. When they are out of balance there are some implications, and there is a controlling (or pivotal) factor which is instrumental in keeping the balance.</p>

<p>In many publications these are scattered throughout, so I am looking for:</p>

<ul>
<li>balancing factors, or pair of factors which need to be balanced</li>
<li>the implications of any imbalance</li>
<li>associated Controlling (or Pivotal) Factors</li>
</ul>

<p>... with references from the Canon where these appear.</p>

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You are referring to the 37 factors of enlightenment here correct? 

http://satimabhikkhuni.blogspot.com/2009/08/thirty-seven-requisites-of.html
hellyale
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This is what I had in mind.
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Looking for a complete list of how the 37 factors are balanced
# Looking for a complete list of how the 37 factors are balanced

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-25)

The 37 Factors are sometimes paired as balancing factors. When they are out of balance there are some implications, and there is a controlling (or pivotal) factor which is instrumental in keeping the balance.

In many publications these are scattered throughout, so I am looking for:

* balancing factors, or pair of factors which need to be balanced
* the implications of any imbalance
* associated Controlling (or Pivotal) Factors

... with references from the Canon where these appear.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You are referring to the 37 factors of enlightenment here correct?   http://satimabhikkhuni.blogspot.com/2009/08/thirty-seven-requisites-of.html  
> **username_0**: This is what I had in mind.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-23. Score: 1

This [PDF](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/10.1-Bodhipakkhiya-Dhamma-piya.pdf) could be a useful resource, specifically the following passages:

> faith and wisdom are to be balanced
> **so as to avoid blind belief and mere intellectual cleverness;**
> effort and concentration are to be balanced
> **to avoid mental restlessness and sluggishness.**
>
> Mindfulness is the key factor that keeps all the other
> factors in balance and harmony

and

> The three factors of investigation (dhamma,vicaya), effort (viriya) and zest (piti) **counteract torpor**.
>
> The three factors of tranquillity (passaddhi), concentration (samādhi) and equanimity (upekkhā)
> **counteract mental agitation**.
>
> Mindfulness (sati) keeps the two sets of factors in a harmonious balance.

Other than these areas I could find no references to balancing the 37 factors. Hopefully this is what you are looking for...

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks. In the 37 factors there are 7 sets. I am looking for a summary including each of the sets. What you have pointed is one of the 7. Thanks for this. If you manage to locate the other 6 please add then. If somebody else does please add a new answer.  
> **username_1**: I'll keep looking, but I think that the idea of balancing does not apply to all the sets.  
> **username_1**: Take a look at the PDF, in the meantime I'll see if I can find another resource.  
> **username_0**: I know this applies to some of the sets only so in which case what does it apply to and which it does not apply to. So what I have found so far is 5 Powers, 5 Faculties and 7 Enlightenment factors. I am trying to ascertain if these are the only factors or not. Also please keep searching. Also thanks very much for your efforts.  
> **username_0**: Also another personal notion I have is in the 8 fold path is each sub division of morality, concentration and wisdom has balancing factor also. I have not still found any source to confirm my hunch on this.  

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