Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
48. Indriya Saṃyutta
4. Sukh'Indriya (or Uppaṭi) Vagga

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
48. Kindred Sayings on the Faculties
4. The Faculty of Ease^[1]

Sutta 31

Suddhika Suttaṃ

Puritan

Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids

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[183]

[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 five controlling faculties.

What five?

The controlling faculty of ease,
the controlling faculty of discomfort,
the controlling faculty of happiness,^[2]
the controlling faculty of unhappiness,
the controlling faculty of indifference.

These are the five controlling faculties."

 

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^[1] Text title of this chapter is Uppaṭi- for Uppaṭipātiyā. Cf. infra, § 10. At Path of Purity ii, 312, it is trans. 'out of order.'

^[2] Somanassa Cf. D. ii, 239. It is sukha + excitement. Compend. 112 n.