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Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.12 Numbered Discourses 5.12

2. Balavagga 2. Powers

KÅ«į¹­asutta Peak

ā€œPaƱcimāni, bhikkhave, sekhabalāni. ā€œMendicants, there are these five powers of a trainee.

Katamāni paƱca? What five?

Saddhābalaį¹, hirÄ«balaį¹, ottappabalaį¹, vÄ«riyabalaį¹, paƱƱābalaį¹ā€”The powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom.

imāni kho, bhikkhave, paƱca sekhabalāni. These are the five powers of a trainee.

Imesaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, paƱcannaį¹ sekhabalānaį¹ etaį¹ aggaį¹ etaį¹ saį¹…gāhikaį¹ etaį¹ saį¹…ghātaniyaį¹, yadidaį¹ paƱƱābalaį¹. Of these five powers of a trainee, the power of wisdom is the chief. It holds and binds everything together.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kÅ«į¹­Ägārassa etaį¹ aggaį¹ etaį¹ saį¹…gāhikaį¹ etaį¹ saį¹…ghātaniyaį¹, yadidaį¹ kÅ«į¹­aį¹. Itā€™s like a bungalow. The roof-peak is the chief point, which holds and binds everything together.

Evamevaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, imesaį¹ paƱcannaį¹ sekhabalānaį¹ etaį¹ aggaį¹ etaį¹ saį¹…gāhikaį¹ etaį¹ saį¹…ghātaniyaį¹, yadidaį¹ paƱƱābalaį¹. In the same way, of these five powers of a trainee, the power of wisdom is the chief. It holds and binds everything together.

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaį¹ sikkhitabbaį¹: So you should train like this:

ā€˜saddhābalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalena, hirÄ«balena ā€¦ ottappabalena ā€¦ vÄ«riyabalena ā€¦ paƱƱābalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalenāā€™ti. ā€˜We will have the traineeā€™s powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom.ā€™

EvaƱhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabbanā€ti. Thatā€™s how you should train.ā€

Dutiyaį¹.
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