Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
48. Indriya Saṃyutta
6. Sūkara-Khata Vagga

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
48. Kindred Sayings on the Faculties
6. Untitled

Sutta 59

Paṭhama Uppāda Suttaṃ

Arising (a)

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 five controlling faculties which,
if cultivated and made much of,
if they have not already arisen,
do arise:
but it is only upon the manifestation of a Tathāgata,
Arahant,
a fully Enlightened One.

What are the five?

The controlling faculty of faith,
the controlling faculty of energy,
the controlling faculty of mindfulness,
the controlling faculty of concentration,
the controlling faculty of insight.

These indeed are the five controlling faculties which,
if cultivated and made much of,
if they have not already arisen,
do arise:
but it is only upon the manifestation of a Tathāgata,
Arahant,
a fully Enlightened One."