{"id":"an8.27","title":"Powers (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an8.27","title":"Powers (1st)","units":[{"id":"an8.27:0","sourceIds":["an8.27:0.1","an8.27:0.2","an8.27:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.27\n3. Gahapativagga\nPaṭhamabalasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 8.27\n3. Householders\nPowers (1st)"}},{"id":"an8.27:1","sourceIds":["an8.27:1.1","an8.27:1.2","an8.27:1.3","an8.27:1.4","an8.27:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aṭṭhimāni, bhikkhave, balāni.\nKatamāni aṭṭha?\nRuṇṇabalā, bhikkhave, dārakā, kodhabalā mātugāmā, āvudhabalā corā, issariyabalā rājāno, ujjhattibalā bālā, nijjhattibalā paṇḍitā, paṭisaṅkhānabalā bahussutā, khantibalā samaṇabrāhmaṇā—\nimāni kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha balānī”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these eight powers.\nWhat eight?\nCrying is the power of babies. Anger is the power of ladies. Weapons are the power of bandits. Authority is the power of rulers. Complaining is the power of fools. Reason is the power of the astute. Reflection is the power of the learned. Patience is the power of ascetics and brahmins.\nThese are the eight powers.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.27/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."}