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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.155

  • Numbered Discourses 4.155Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.155
  • 16. Faculties16. Indriyavagga

The Power of ReflectionPaṭisaṅkhānabalasutta

“Mendicants, there are these four powers.“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, balāni. What four?Katamāni cattāri? The powers of reflection, development, blamelessness, and inclusiveness.Paṭisaṅkhānabalaṁ, bhāvanābalaṁ, anavajjabalaṁ, saṅgahabalaṁ— These are the four powers.”Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri balānī”ti.

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