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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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[179]

[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.


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