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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 energy,
the faculty of mindfulness,
the faculty of concentration,
the faculty of wisdom.
These are the five faculties.

"One who has completed and fulfilled these five faculties is an arahant.
If they are weaker than that, one is a nonreturner;
if still weaker, a once-returner;
if still weaker, a stream-enterer;
if still weaker, a Dhamma-follower;
if still weaker, a faith-follower."[n.198] For the distinction between the dhammānusārī and the saddhānusārī, see SN25.1. Spk: The path of the dhammānusārī is sharp, his knowledge occurs valiantly. He cuts off the defilements effortlessly, like one cutting a plantain trunk with a sharp knife. The path of the saddhānusārī is not so sharp, nor does his knowledge occur so valiantly. He cuts off the defilements with effort, like one cutting a plantain trunk with a dull knife.

"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.

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

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.

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


Catutthaṁ.