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The Ending of Defilements

Āsavakkhayasutta

The five faculties lead to the ending of defilements in this very life.

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  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.20Linked Discourses 48.20
  • 0.22. Mudutaravagga2. Weaker

0.3ĀsavakkhayasuttaThe Ending of Defilements

1.1“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 bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā bhikkhu āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.It’s because of developing and cultivating these five faculties that a mendicant realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.”

1.6Dasamaṁ.

1.7Mudutaravaggo dutiyo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Paṭilābho tayo saṅkhittā,2.2vitthārā apare tayo;2.3Paṭipanno ca sampanno,2.4dasamaṁ āsavakkhayanti.