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SN 48.59PTS SN 5.2351 min read

Arising (1st)

Paṭhamauppādasutta

The five faculties only arise in the dispensation of a Realized One.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.59Linked Discourses 48.59
  • 0.26. Sūkarakhatavagga6. The Boar’s Cave

0.3PaṭhamauppādasuttaArising (1st)

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni bhāvitāni bahulīkatāni anuppannāni uppajjanti, nāññatra tathāgatassa pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassa.“Mendicants, these five faculties don’t arise to be developed and cultivated except when a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha has appeared.1.3Katamāni pañca?What five?1.4Saddhindriyaṁ, vīriyindriyaṁ, satindriyaṁ, samādhindriyaṁ, paññindriyaṁ—The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.1.5imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañcindriyāni bhāvitāni bahulīkatāni anuppannāni uppajjanti, nāññatra tathāgatassa pātubhāvā arahato sammāsambuddhassā”ti.These five faculties don’t arise to be developed and cultivated except when a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha has appeared.”

1.6Navamaṁ.