Each of the five spiritual indriyas is said to be seen in a fourfold dhamma. |
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Pañc·imāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni. Katamāni pañca? Saddh·indriyaṃ, vīriy·indriyaṃ, sat·indriyaṃ, samādh·indriyaṃ, paññ·indriyaṃ.
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There are, bhikkhus, these five faculties. Which five? The faculty of conviction, the faculty of exertion, the faculty of mindfulness, the faculty of concentration and the faculty of discernment.
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Kattha ca, bhikkhave, saddh·indriyaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ? Catūsu sotāpatti·y·aṅgesu: ettha saddh·indriyaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ. Kattha ca, bhikkhave, vīriy·indriyaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ? Catūsu samma·p·padhānesu: ettha vīriy·indriyaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ. Kattha ca, bhikkhave, sat·indriyaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ? Catūsu satipaṭṭhānesu: ettha sat·indriyaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ. Kattha ca, bhikkhave, samādh·indriyaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ? Catūsu jhānesu: ettha samādh·indriyaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ. Kattha ca, bhikkhave, paññ·indriyaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ? Catūsu ariya·saccesu: ettha paññ·indriyaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ.
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And where, bhikkhus, is the faculty of conviction to be seen? In the four factors of stream-entry: the faculty of conviction is to be seen here. And where, bhikkhus, is the faculty of exertion to be seen? In the four right strivings: the faculty of exertion is to be seen here. And where, bhikkhus, is the faculty of mindfulness to be seen? In the four satipaṭṭhānas: the faculty of mindfulness is to be seen here. And where, bhikkhus, is the faculty of concentration to be seen? In the four jhānas: the faculty of concentration is to be seen here. And where, bhikkhus, is the faculty of discernment to be seen? In the four noble truths: the faculty of discernment is to be seen here.
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Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañc·indriyānī ti.
| These, bhikkhus, are the five faculties. |
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