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19. Pañca Balāni
19. The Five Strengths

from Balasaṁyuttaṁ, SN 50.1

Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, balāni.
There are, monastics, these five strengths.

Katamāni pañca?
Which five?

1. Saddhabalaṁ,
1. The faith strength,

2. viriyabalaṁ,
2. the energy strength,

3. satibalaṁ,
3. the mindfulness strength,

4. samādhibalaṁ,
4. the concentration strength,

5. paññābalaṁ.
5. the wisdom strength.

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca balānī. ti
These, monastics, are the five strengths.

Kathañ-ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañca balāni bhāvento,
And how, monastics, does a monastic cultivate the five strengths,

pañca balāni bahulīkaronto,
make much of the five strengths,

nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?
so they tend to Nibbāna, incline to Nibbāna, lead to Nibbāna?

1. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhābalaṁ bhāveti,
1. Here, monastics, a monastic cultivates the faith strength,

vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ,
depending on solitude, depending on dispassion, depending on cessation, maturing in relinquishment,

2. viriyabalaṁ bhāveti,
2. cultivates the energy strength,

vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ,
depending on solitude, depending on dispassion, depending on cessation, maturing in relinquishment,

3. satibalaṁ bhāveti,
3. cultivates the mindfulness strength,

vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ,
depending on solitude, depending on dispassion, depending on cessation, maturing in relinquishment,

4. samādhibalaṁ bhāveti,
4. cultivates the concentration strength,

vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ,
depending on solitude, depending on dispassion, depending on cessation, maturing in relinquishment,

5. paññābalaṁ bhāveti,
5. cultivates the wisdom strength,

vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.
depending on solitude, depending on dispassion, depending on cessation, maturing in relinquishment.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañca balāni bhāvento,
Thus, monastics, a monastic cultivates the five strengths,

pañca balāni bahulīkaronto,
make much of the five strengths,

nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.
so they tend to Nibbāna, incline to Nibbāna, lead to Nibbāna.

 

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