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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN48: Connected Discourses on the Faculties

SN48:14 In Brief (3)

1"Bhikkhus, there are these five faculties. What five? The faculty of faith … the faculty of wisdom. These are the five faculties.

1"Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni. Katamāni pañca? Saddhindriyaṁ … pe … paññindriyaṁ – imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañcindriyāni.

"One who has completed and fulfilled these five faculties is an arahant. If they are weaker than that, one is … a faith-follower.

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ indriyānaṁ samattā paripūrattā arahaṁ hoti, tato mudutarehi anāgāmī hoti, tato mudutarehi sakadāgāmī hoti, tato mudutarehi sotāpanno hoti, tato mudutarehi dhammānusārī hoti, tato mudutarehi saddhānusārī hoti.

"Thus, bhikkhus, one who activates them fully succeeds fully; one who activates them partly succeeds partly. The five faculties, bhikkhus, are not barren, so I say."[n.200] Spk: One who "activates them fully" (paripūrakārī), who practises fully the path of arahantship, "succeeds fully" (paripūraṁ ārādheti), i.e., achieves the fruit of arahantship. One who "activates them partly" (padesakārī), who practises the lower three paths, "succeeds partly" (padesaṁ ārādheti), i.e., achieves only the lower three fruits. Cp. AN3.87.

Iti kho, bhikkhave, paripūraṁ paripūrakārī ārādheti, padesaṁ padesakārī ārādheti. ‘Avañjhāni tvevāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcindriyānī’ti vadāmī"ti.

Catutthaṁ.