{"id":"an7.4","title":"Powers in Detail","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.4","title":"Powers in Detail","units":[{"id":"an7.4:0","sourceIds":["an7.4:0.1","an7.4:0.2","an7.4:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.4\n1. Dhanavagga\nVitthatabalasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.4\n1. Wealth\nPowers in Detail"}},{"id":"an7.4:1","sourceIds":["an7.4:1.1","an7.4:1.2","an7.4:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sattimāni, bhikkhave, balāni.\nKatamāni satta?\nSaddhābalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, hirībalaṁ, ottappabalaṁ, satibalaṁ, samādhibalaṁ, paññābalaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these seven powers.\nWhat seven?\nThe powers of faith, energy, conscience, prudence, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom."}},{"id":"an7.4:2","sourceIds":["an7.4:2.1","an7.4:2.2","an7.4:2.3","an7.4:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, saddhābalaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako saddho hoti, saddahati tathāgatassa bodhiṁ:\n‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho …pe… 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":"an7.4:3","sourceIds":["an7.4:3.1","an7.4:3.2","an7.4:3.3"],"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":"an7.4:4","sourceIds":["an7.4:4.1","an7.4:4.2","an7.4:4.3"],"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 acquiring any bad, unskillful qualities.\nThis is called the power of conscience."}},{"id":"an7.4:5","sourceIds":["an7.4:5.1","an7.4:5.2","an7.4:5.3"],"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 the acquiring of any bad, unskillful qualities.\nThis is called the power of prudence."}},{"id":"an7.4:6","sourceIds":["an7.4:6.1","an7.4:6.2","an7.4:6.3"],"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":"an7.4:7","sourceIds":["an7.4:7.1","an7.4:7.2","an7.4:7.3","an7.4:7.4","an7.4:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, samādhibalaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako vivicceva kāmehi\n…pe…\ncatutthaṁ 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. …\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":"an7.4:8","sourceIds":["an7.4:8.1","an7.4:8.2","an7.4:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, paññābalaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, paññābalaṁ.","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."}},{"id":"an7.4:9","sourceIds":["an7.4:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imāni kho, bhikkhave, satta balānīti.","en":"These are the seven powers."}},{"id":"an7.4:10","sourceIds":["an7.4:10.1","an7.4:10.2","an7.4:10.3","an7.4:10.4","an7.4:10.5","an7.4:10.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddhābalaṁ vīriyañca,\nhirī ottappiyaṁ balaṁ;\nSatibalaṁ samādhi ca,\npaññā ve sattamaṁ balaṁ;\nEtehi balavā bhikkhu,\nsukhaṁ jīvati paṇḍito.","en":"The powers are faith and energy,\nconscience and prudence,\nmindfulness and immersion,\nand wisdom as the seventh power.\nEmpowered by these,\nan astute mendicant lives happily."}},{"id":"an7.4:11","sourceIds":["an7.4:11.1","an7.4:11.2","an7.4:11.3","an7.4:11.4","an7.4:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yoniso vicine dhammaṁ,\npaññāyatthaṁ vipassati;\nPajjotasseva nibbānaṁ,\nvimokkho hoti cetaso”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"They should examine the teaching rationally,\ndiscerning the meaning with wisdom.\nThe liberation of their heart\nis like a lamp going out.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.4/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."}