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Five Factors

Pañcaṅgasutta

A mendicant should abandon the five hindrances and possess the five factors of the adept.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.12Numbered Discourses 10.12
  • 0.22. Nāthavagga2. A Protector

0.3PañcaṅgasuttaFive Factors

1.1“Pañcaṅgavippahīno, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato imasmiṁ dhammavinaye ‘kevalī vusitavā uttamapuriso’ti vuccati.“Mendicants, in this teaching and training a mendicant who has given up five factors and possesses five factors is called consummate, accomplished, a supreme person.

1.2Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgavippahīno hoti?And how has a mendicant given up five factors?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno kāmacchando pahīno hoti, byāpādo pahīno hoti, thinamiddhaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti, uddhaccakukkuccaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti, vicikicchā pahīnā hoti.It’s when a mendicant has given up sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.1.4Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgavippahīno hoti.That’s how a mendicant has given up five factors.

2.1Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato hoti?And how does a mendicant have five factors?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu asekhena sīlakkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena samādhikkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena paññākkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena vimuttikkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena vimuttiñāṇadassanakkhandhena samannāgato hoti.It’s when a mendicant has the entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and knowledge and vision of freedom.2.3Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato hoti.That’s how a mendicant has five factors.

3.1Pañcaṅgavippahīno kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato imasmiṁ dhammavinaye ‘kevalī vusitavā uttamapuriso’ti vuccati.In this teaching and training a mendicant who has given up five factors and possesses five factors is called consummate, accomplished, a supreme person.

4.1Kāmacchando ca byāpādo,Sensual desire, ill will,4.2thinamiddhañca bhikkhuno;dullness and drowsiness,4.3Uddhaccaṁ vicikicchā ca,restlessness, and doubt4.4sabbasova na vijjati.are not found in a mendicant at all.

5.1PTS 5.17Asekhena ca sīlena,That sort are accomplished5.2asekhena samādhinā;in an adept’s ethics,5.3Vimuttiyā ca sampanno,an adept’s immersion,5.4ñāṇena ca tathāvidho.and freedom and knowledge.

6.1Sa ve pañcaṅgasampanno,Possessing these five factors,6.2pañca aṅge vivajjayaṁ;and rid of five factors,6.3Imasmiṁ dhammavinaye,in this teaching and training6.4kevalī iti vuccatī”ti.they’re called ‘consummate’.”

6.5Dutiyaṁ.