{"id":"an5.14","title":"In Detail","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.14","title":"In Detail","units":[{"id":"an5.14:0","sourceIds":["an5.14:0.1","an5.14:0.2","an5.14:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.14\n2. Balavagga\nVitthatasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.14\n2. Powers\nIn Detail"}},{"id":"an5.14:1","sourceIds":["an5.14:1.1","an5.14:1.2","an5.14:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, balāni.\nKatamāni pañca?\nSaddhābalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, satibalaṁ, samādhibalaṁ, paññābalaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these five powers.\nWhat five?\nThe powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom."}},{"id":"an5.14:2","sourceIds":["an5.14:2.1","an5.14:2.2","an5.14:2.3","an5.14:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, saddhābalaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako saddho hoti, saddahati tathāgatassa bodhiṁ:\n‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā’ti.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, saddhābalaṁ.","en":"And what is the power of faith?\nIt’s when a noble disciple has faith in the Realized One’s awakening:\n‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’\nThis is called the power of faith."}},{"id":"an5.14:3","sourceIds":["an5.14:3.1","an5.14:3.2","an5.14:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, vīriyabalaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako āraddhavīriyo viharati akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya, kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ upasampadāya thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, vīriyabalaṁ.","en":"And what is the power of energy?\nIt’s when a noble disciple lives with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They’re strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities.\nThis is called the power of energy."}},{"id":"an5.14:4","sourceIds":["an5.14:4.1","an5.14:4.2","an5.14:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, satibalaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako satimā hoti paramena satinepakkena samannāgato, cirakatampi cirabhāsitampi saritā anussaritā.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, satibalaṁ.","en":"And what is the power of mindfulness?\nIt’s when a noble disciple is mindful. They have utmost mindfulness and alertness, and can remember and recall what was said and done long ago.\nThis is called the power of mindfulness."}},{"id":"an5.14:5","sourceIds":["an5.14:5.1","an5.14:5.2","an5.14:5.3","an5.14:5.4","an5.14:5.5","an5.14:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, samādhibalaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati;\nvitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā ajjhattaṁ sampasādanaṁ cetaso ekodibhāvaṁ avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ samādhijaṁ pītisukhaṁ dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati;\npītiyā ca virāgā upekkhako ca viharati sato ca sampajāno sukhañca kāyena paṭisaṁvedeti yaṁ taṁ ariyā ācikkhanti: ‘upekkhako satimā sukhavihārī’ti tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati;\nsukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṁ atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṁ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, samādhibalaṁ.","en":"And what is the power of immersion?\nIt’s when a noble disciple, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nAs the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, they enter and remain in the second absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nAnd with the fading away of rapture, they enter and remain in the third absorption, where they meditate with equanimity, mindful and aware, experiencing for themselves the bliss of which the noble ones declare, ‘Equanimous and mindful, one meditates in bliss.’\nWith the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, they enter and remain in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.\nThis is called the power of immersion."}},{"id":"an5.14:6","sourceIds":["an5.14:6.1","an5.14:6.2","an5.14:6.3","an5.14:6.4","an5.14:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, paññābalaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, paññābalaṁ.\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca balānī”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"And what is the power of wisdom?\nIt’s when a noble disciple is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.\nThis is called the power of wisdom.\nThese are the five powers.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.14/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}