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SN 48.14PTS SN 5.2011 min read

In Brief (3rd)

Tatiyasaṁkhittasutta

One who has developed the five faculties fully is a perfected one. Developing them to a lesser degree, one reaches lesser attainments. The faculties are not barren.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.14Linked Discourses 48.14
  • 0.22. Mudutaravagga2. Weaker

0.3TatiyasaṅkhittasuttaIn Brief (3rd)

1.1PTS 5.201“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni.“Mendicants, there are these five faculties.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Saddhindriyaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ—The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañcindriyāni.These are the five faculties.

1.5Imesaṁ 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.Someone who has completed and fulfilled these five faculties is a perfected one. If they are weaker than that, they’re a non-returner … a once-returner … a stream-enterer … a follower of teachings … a follower by faith.

1.6Iti kho, bhikkhave, paripūraṁ paripūrakārī ārādheti, padesaṁ padesakārī ārādheti.So, mendicants, if you practice partially you succeed partially. If you practice fully you succeed fully.11.7‘Avañjhāni tvevāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcindriyānī’ti vadāmī”ti.But in any case, these five faculties are not barren, I say.”

1.8Catutthaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This idea is discussed more fully at AN 3.86–88.

    ↩ sn48.14:1.6