Buddhist lists

The Buddha really liked lists. For example:

• the three refuges (the buddha, the dharma, and the sangha)
• the three characteristics
• the four noble truths
• the noble eight-fold path
• the four immeasurables
• the five hindrances
• the seven factors of awakening
• the ten fetters
• the four stages of enlightenment

It's easy to get lost in these. Rather than a bunch of individual lists, I think it's helpful to see them as connected. Some lists contain other lists, forming a tree structure:

See:

• https://scholar.harvard.edu/sara_lazar/buddhas-lists
• https://www.imsb.org/teachings/buddhist-lists/