• Linked Discourses 48.17 Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.17
  • 2. Weaker 2. Mudutaravagga

In Detail (3rd) Tatiyavitthārasutta

ā€œMendicants, there are these five faculties. ā€œPaƱcimāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni. What five? Katamāni paƱca? The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. Saddhindriyaṁ …pe… paƱƱindriyaṁ—These are the five faculties. imāni kho, bhikkhave, paƱcindriyāni.

Someone who has completed and fulfilled these five faculties is a perfected one. If they are weaker than that, they’re one who is extinguished between one life and the next … one who is extinguished upon landing … one who is extinguished without extra effort … one who is extinguished with extra effort … one who heads upstream, going to the Akaniį¹­į¹­ha realm … a once-returner … a stream-enterer … a follower of teachings … a follower by faith. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, paƱcannaṁ indriyānaṁ samattā paripÅ«rattā arahaṁ hoti, tato mudutarehi antarāparinibbāyÄ« hoti, tato mudutarehi upahaccaparinibbāyÄ« hoti, tato mudutarehi asaį¹…khāraparinibbāyÄ« hoti, tato mudutarehi sasaį¹…khāraparinibbāyÄ« hoti, tato mudutarehi uddhaṁsoto hoti akaniį¹­į¹­hagāmÄ«, tato mudutarehi sakadāgāmÄ« hoti, tato mudutarehi sotāpanno hoti, tato mudutarehi dhammānusārÄ« hoti, tato mudutarehi saddhānusārÄ« hoti.

So, mendicants, if you practice fully you succeed fully. If you practice partially you succeed partially. Iti kho, bhikkhave, paripÅ«raṁ paripÅ«rakārÄ« ārādheti, padesaṁ padesakārÄ« ārādheti. But in any case, these five faculties are not a waste, I say.ā€ ā€˜AvaƱjhāni tvevāhaṁ, bhikkhave, paƱcindriyānī’ti vadāmÄ«ā€ti.

Sattamaṁ.