{"id":"an5.2","title":"In Detail","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.2","title":"In Detail","units":[{"id":"an5.2:0","sourceIds":["an5.2:0.1","an5.2:0.2","an5.2:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.2\n1. Sekhabalavagga\nVitthatasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.2\n1. Powers of a Trainee\nIn Detail"}},{"id":"an5.2:1","sourceIds":["an5.2:1.1","an5.2:1.2","an5.2:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, sekhabalāni.\nKatamāni pañca?\nSaddhābalaṁ, hirībalaṁ, ottappabalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, paññābalaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these five powers of a trainee.\nWhat five?\nThe powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom."}},{"id":"an5.2:2","sourceIds":["an5.2:2.1","an5.2:2.2","an5.2:2.3","an5.2:2.4"],"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":"an5.2:3","sourceIds":["an5.2:3.1","an5.2:3.2","an5.2:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, hirībalaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako hirīmā hoti, hirīyati kāyaduccaritena vacīduccaritena manoduccaritena, hirīyati pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ samāpattiyā.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, hirībalaṁ.","en":"And what is the power of conscience?\nIt’s when a noble disciple has a conscience. They’re conscientious about bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and conscientious about having any bad, unskillful qualities.\nThis is called the power of conscience."}},{"id":"an5.2:4","sourceIds":["an5.2:4.1","an5.2:4.2","an5.2:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, ottappabalaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako ottappī hoti, ottappati kāyaduccaritena vacīduccaritena manoduccaritena, ottappati pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ samāpattiyā.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ottappabalaṁ.","en":"And what is the power of prudence?\nIt’s when a noble disciple is prudent. They’re prudent when it comes to bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and prudent when it comes to acquiring any bad, unskillful qualities.\nThis is called the power of prudence."}},{"id":"an5.2:5","sourceIds":["an5.2:5.1","an5.2:5.2","an5.2:5.3"],"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":"an5.2:6","sourceIds":["an5.2:6.1","an5.2:6.2","an5.2:6.3","an5.2:6.4"],"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 sekhabalāni.","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 of a trainee."}},{"id":"an5.2:7","sourceIds":["an5.2:7.1","an5.2:7.2","an5.2:7.3","an5.2:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘saddhābalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalena, hirībalena … ottappabalena … vīriyabalena … paññābalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalenā’ti.\nEvañhi kho, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"So you should train like this:\n‘We will have the trainee’s powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom.’\nThat’s how you should train.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.2/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."}