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Numbered Discourses 5.16 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.16

2. Powers – 2. Balavagga

AN 5.16 The Peak, Again – Punakūṭasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, there are these five powers.

“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, balāni.

1.2

What five?

Katamāni pañca?

1.3

The powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom.

Saddhābalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, satibalaṁ, samādhibalaṁ, paññābalaṁ—

1.4

These are the five powers.

imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca balāni.

1.5

Of these five powers, the power of wisdom is the chief. It holds and binds everything together.

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ balānaṁ etaṁ aggaṁ etaṁ saṅgāhikaṁ etaṁ saṅghātaniyaṁ, yadidaṁ paññābalaṁ.

1.6

It’s like a bungalow. The roof-peak is the chief point, which holds and binds everything together.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kūṭāgārassa etaṁ aggaṁ etaṁ saṅgāhikaṁ etaṁ saṅghātaniyaṁ, yadidaṁ kūṭaṁ.

1.7

In the same way, of these five powers, the power of wisdom is the chief. It holds and binds everything together.”

Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, imesaṁ pañcannaṁ balānaṁ etaṁ aggaṁ etaṁ saṅgāhikaṁ etaṁ saṅghātaniyaṁ, yadidaṁ paññābalan”ti.

1.8

 

Chaṭṭhaṁ.