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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.12

  • Numbered Discourses 5.12Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.12
  • 2. Powers2. Balavagga

PeakKūṭasutta

“Mendicants, there are these five powers of a trainee.“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, sekhabalāni. What five?Katamāni pañca? The powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom.Saddhābalaṁ, hirībalaṁ, ottappabalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, paññābalaṁ— These are the five powers of a trainee.imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca sekhabalāni. Of these five powers of a trainee, the power of wisdom is the chief. It holds and binds everything together.Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sekhabalānaṁ etaṁ aggaṁ etaṁ saṅgāhikaṁ etaṁ saṅghātaniyaṁ, yadidaṁ paññābalaṁ.

It’s like a bungalow. The roof-peak is the chief point, which holds and binds everything together.Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kūṭāgārassa etaṁ aggaṁ etaṁ saṅgāhikaṁ etaṁ saṅghātaniyaṁ, yadidaṁ kūṭaṁ. In the same way, of these five powers of a trainee, the power of wisdom is the chief. It holds and binds everything together.Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, imesaṁ pañcannaṁ sekhabalānaṁ etaṁ aggaṁ etaṁ saṅgāhikaṁ etaṁ saṅghātaniyaṁ, yadidaṁ paññābalaṁ.

So you should train like this:Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ: ‘We will have the trainee’s powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom.’‘saddhābalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalena, hirībalena … ottappabalena … vīriyabalena … paññābalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalenā’ti. That’s how you should train.”Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

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