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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 48.1 Linked Discourses 48.1
1. Suddhikavagga 1. Plain Version
Suddhikasutta Plain Version
SÄvatthinidÄnaį¹. At SÄvatthÄ«.
Tatra kho bhagavÄ etadavoca. There the Buddha said:
āPaƱcimÄni, bhikkhave, indriyÄni. āMendicants, there are these five faculties. Indriya (āfacultyā) is an abstract noun from indra, the name of the potent Vedic god of war. In the Vedas, Indra manifests his indriya by drinking soma. The drug enables him to release his full potential and power; originally this probably referred to drinking an amphetamine-like substance before battle. Thus indriya means āfacultyā in the sense ācapabilityā, but also has the sense āpotential, potencyā.
KatamÄni paƱca? What five? This Saį¹yutta is unique in that it gathers several different kinds of things under the banner of indriya. The five spiritual faculties predominate, but we also find the sense faculties, usually reckoned as six (SN 48.25ā30), but only five in SN 48.41 and SN 48.42; the five faculties of feeling (SN 48.31ā40); the three faculties pertaining to life (SN 48.22); the three faculties pertaining to enlightenment (SN 48.23. Together these were systematized as the Abhidhamma set of 22 faculties (Vb 5).
Saddhindriyaį¹, vÄ«riyindriyaį¹, satindriyaį¹, samÄdhindriyaį¹, paƱƱindriyaį¹āThe faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. These are the five so-called āspiritual facultiesā, whose specification is identical to the āfive powersā (SN 50.1ā12). For definitions, see SN 48.8, SN 48.9, and SN 48.10.
imÄni kho, bhikkhave, paƱcindriyÄnÄ«āti. These are the five faculties.ā
Paį¹hamaį¹.