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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 48.22 Linked Discourses 48.22
3. Chaįø·indriyavagga 3. The Six Faculties
JÄ«vitindriyasutta The Life Faculty
āTÄ«į¹imÄni, bhikkhave, indriyÄni. āMendicants, there are these three faculties. Here begins a series on faculties other than the main five. The sequence of topics is not clear, and the collection may be disorganized.
KatamÄni tÄ«į¹i? What three?
Itthindriyaį¹, purisindriyaį¹, jÄ«vitindriyaį¹āThe faculties of femininity, masculinity, and life. The faculty of femininity is described as āfeminine moves, feminine appearance, feminine ways, feminine desires, feminine voice, and feminine adornmentā, which may be observed and desired in oneself or another (AN 7.51:2.2). It is thus the expression of femininity, the performance of it, and perhaps the potential for such performance, rather than biological sex. The faculty of masculinity is the opposite. That these are āfacultiesā suggests that everyone has the potential for both. | The faculty of life is the life force (SN 47.9:2.5), which, when cut off, means death (DN 22:18.10, MN 9:22.5, Bu Pj 3:3.10). It has both material and mental aspects (Vb 5:11.1).
imÄni kho, bhikkhave, tÄ«į¹i indriyÄnÄ«āti. These are the three faculties.ā
Dutiyaį¹.