{"id":"sn48.43","title":"At Sāketa","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn48.43","title":"At Sāketa","units":[{"id":"sn48.43:0","sourceIds":["sn48.43:0.1","sn48.43:0.2","sn48.43:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.43\n5. Jarāvagga\nSāketasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 48.43\n5. Old Age\nAt Sāketa"}},{"id":"sn48.43:1","sourceIds":["sn48.43:1.1","sn48.43:1.2","sn48.43:1.3","sn48.43:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sākete viharati añjanavane migadāye.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“atthi nu kho, bhikkhave, pariyāyo yaṁ pariyāyaṁ āgamma yāni pañcindriyāni tāni pañca balāni honti, yāni pañca balāni tāni pañcindriyāni hontī”ti?","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāketa in the deer park at the Añjana Wood.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants:\n“Mendicants, is there a method in which the five faculties become the five powers, and the five powers become the five faculties?”"}},{"id":"sn48.43:2","sourceIds":["sn48.43:2.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā bhagavaṁnettikā bhagavaṁpaṭisaraṇā. Sādhu vata, bhante, bhagavantaṁyeva paṭibhātu etassa bhāsitassa attho. Bhagavato sutvā bhikkhū dhāressantī”ti …pe…","en":"“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. He is our guide and our refuge. Sir, may the Buddha himself please clarify the meaning of this. The mendicants will listen and remember it.”"}},{"id":"sn48.43:3","sourceIds":["sn48.43:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthi, bhikkhave, pariyāyo yaṁ pariyāyaṁ āgamma yāni pañcindriyāni tāni pañca balāni honti, yāni pañca balāni tāni pañcindriyāni honti.","en":"“Mendicants, there is a method in which the five faculties become the five powers, and the five powers become the five faculties."}},{"id":"sn48.43:4","sourceIds":["sn48.43:4.1","sn48.43:4.2","sn48.43:4.3","sn48.43:4.4","sn48.43:4.5","sn48.43:4.6","sn48.43:4.7","sn48.43:4.8","sn48.43:4.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pariyāyo yaṁ pariyāyaṁ āgamma yāni pañcindriyāni tāni pañca balāni honti, yāni pañca balāni tāni pañcindriyāni honti?\nYaṁ, bhikkhave, saddhindriyaṁ taṁ saddhābalaṁ, yaṁ saddhābalaṁ taṁ saddhindriyaṁ;\nyaṁ vīriyindriyaṁ taṁ vīriyabalaṁ, yaṁ vīriyabalaṁ taṁ vīriyindriyaṁ;\nyaṁ satindriyaṁ taṁ satibalaṁ, yaṁ satibalaṁ taṁ satindriyaṁ;\nyaṁ samādhindriyaṁ taṁ samādhibalaṁ, yaṁ samādhibalaṁ taṁ samādhindriyaṁ;\nyaṁ paññindriyaṁ taṁ paññābalaṁ, yaṁ paññābalaṁ taṁ paññindriyaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā, tassa majjhe dīpo.\nAtthi, bhikkhave, pariyāyo yaṁ pariyāyaṁ āgamma tassā nadiyā eko sototveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchati.\nAtthi pana, bhikkhave, pariyāyo yaṁ pariyāyaṁ āgamma tassā nadiyā dve sotānitveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchanti.","en":"And what is that method?\nThe faculty of faith is the power of faith, and the power of faith is the faculty of faith.\nThe faculty of energy is the power of energy, and the power of energy is the faculty of energy.\nThe faculty of mindfulness is the power of mindfulness, and the power of mindfulness is the faculty of mindfulness.\nThe faculty of immersion is the power of immersion, and the power of immersion is the faculty of immersion.\nThe faculty of wisdom is the power of wisdom, and the power of wisdom is the faculty of wisdom.\nSuppose there was a river slanting, sloping, and inclining to the east, and in the middle was an island.\nThere’s a method in which that river can be reckoned to have just one stream.\nBut there’s also a method in which that river can be reckoned to have two streams."}},{"id":"sn48.43:5","sourceIds":["sn48.43:5.1","sn48.43:5.2","sn48.43:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pariyāyo yaṁ pariyāyaṁ āgamma tassā nadiyā eko sototveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchati?\nYañca, bhikkhave, tassa dīpassa purimante udakaṁ, yañca pacchimante udakaṁ—\nayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pariyāyo yaṁ pariyāyaṁ āgamma tassā nadiyā eko sototveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchati.","en":"And what’s the method in which that river can be reckoned to have just one stream?\nBy taking into account the water to the east and the west of the island,\nthat river can be reckoned to have just one stream."}},{"id":"sn48.43:6","sourceIds":["sn48.43:6.1","sn48.43:6.2","sn48.43:6.3","sn48.43:6.4","sn48.43:6.5","sn48.43:6.6","sn48.43:6.7","sn48.43:6.8","sn48.43:6.9","sn48.43:6.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pariyāyo yaṁ pariyāyaṁ āgamma tassā nadiyā dve sotānitveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchanti?\nYañca, bhikkhave, tassa dīpassa uttarante udakaṁ, yañca dakkhiṇante udakaṁ—\nayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pariyāyo yaṁ pariyāyaṁ āgamma tassā nadiyā dve sotānitveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchanti.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, yaṁ saddhindriyaṁ taṁ saddhābalaṁ, yaṁ saddhābalaṁ taṁ saddhindriyaṁ;\nyaṁ vīriyindriyaṁ taṁ vīriyabalaṁ, yaṁ vīriyabalaṁ taṁ vīriyindriyaṁ;\nyaṁ satindriyaṁ taṁ satibalaṁ, yaṁ satibalaṁ taṁ satindriyaṁ;\nyaṁ samādhindriyaṁ taṁ samādhibalaṁ, yaṁ samādhibalaṁ taṁ samādhindriyaṁ;\nyaṁ paññindriyaṁ taṁ paññābalaṁ, yaṁ paññābalaṁ taṁ paññindriyaṁ.\nPañcannaṁ, bhikkhave, indriyānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā bhikkhu āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"And what’s the method in which that river can be reckoned to have two streams?\nBy taking into account the water to the north and the south of the island,\nthat river can be reckoned to have two streams.\nBy the same method, the faculty of faith is the power of faith, and the power of faith is the faculty of faith.\nThe faculty of energy is the power of energy, and the power of energy is the faculty of energy.\nThe faculty of mindfulness is the power of mindfulness, and the power of mindfulness is the faculty of mindfulness.\nThe faculty of immersion is the power of immersion, and the power of immersion is the faculty of immersion.\nThe faculty of wisdom is the power of wisdom, and the power of wisdom is the faculty of wisdom.\nIt’s because of developing and cultivating the five faculties that a mendicant realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn48.43/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}