Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
48. Indriya Saṃyutta
3. Chaḷ-Indriya Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
48. Kindred Sayings on the Faculties
3. The Six Faculties
Sutta 22
Jīvita (Jīvit'Indriya) Suttaṃ
Vitality[1]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1] THUS have I heard:
Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.
Then the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"Monks, there are these three faculties.
What three?
Femininity,
masculinity
and vitality.
These are the three faculties."
[1] Jīvita. Cf. Buddh. Psych. Eth., p. 19. For femininity, ibid., 190-1. I translate here as 'faculties' better to suit the context.
