Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

151. Faculties

1"Bhikkhus, there are these four faculties. What four? The faculty of faith, the faculty of energy, the faculty of mindfulness, and the faculty of concentration. These are the four faculties." [n.837] The usual list of faculties (indriya) and powers (bala) is fivefold, with wisdom (paññā) as the fifth. For definitions of the five faculties, see SN 48:9 –10. For the five powers, see AN5.14.

1"Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni. Katamāni cattāri? Saddhindriyaṁ, vīriyindriyaṁ, satindriyaṁ, samādhindriyaṁ – imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri indriyānī"ti.


Paṭhamaṁ.

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