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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 48.23 Linked Discourses 48.23
3. Chaįø·indriyavagga 3. The Six Faculties
AƱƱindriyasutta The Faculty of Enlightenment
āTÄ«į¹imÄni, bhikkhave, indriyÄni. āMendicants, there are these three faculties.
KatamÄni tÄ«į¹i? What three?
AnaƱƱÄtaƱƱassÄmÄ«tindriyaį¹, aƱƱindriyaį¹, aƱƱÄtÄvindriyaį¹āThe faculty of understanding that enlightenment is imminent. The faculty of enlightenment. The faculty of one who is enlightened. Found at DN 33:1.10.111 and Iti 62:2.3, this went on to become a standard set in later TheravÄda. | āThe faculty of understanding that oneās enlightenment is imminentā is literally, āThe faculty aware that āI shall know the unknownā.ā | The verses at Iti 62 help explain the meaning; see notes there for a detailed discussion. In brief, late canonical texts (followed by the commentary) identify the three with (1) the path to stream-entry, (2) from stream-entry until the path to arahantship, and (3) the realization of arahantship. I disagree, and think they apply to: (1) the path to arahantship; (2) the occasion of realizing arahantship; (3) one living as an arahant.
imÄni kho, bhikkhave, tÄ«į¹i indriyÄnÄ«āti. These are the three faculties.ā
Tatiyaį¹.