37 DHAMMĀ of ENLIGHTENMENT   4 satipaṭṭhāna     4 Efforts 4 Bases   5 Faculties 5 Powers   7 Factors      8 Path Factors

The Five Powers (Sanskrit, Pali: pañca bala) in Buddhism are faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. In Buddhism, bodhipakkhiyā dhammā ( Pali, variant spellings include bodhipakkhikā dhammā and bodhapakkhiyā dhammā In the Theravada Buddhist tradition satipaṭṭhāna ( Pāli; Skt    Iddhipāda ( Pali; Skt. ṛddhipāda) is a compound term composed of "power" or "potency" ( Iddhi; Indriya ( Pali; Skt) is a Buddhist term referring to multiple intrapsychic processes and is generally translated as "faculty" or in Canonical sources In the Suttapitaka 's Samyutta Nikaya, the bojjhangas refer to wholesome mundane factors leading to enlightenment Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical Pali ( ISO 15919 / ALA-LC: Pāḷi is a Middle Indo-Aryan language or Prakrit of India. See also Bodhipakkhiya dhamma (Qualities conducive to Enlightenment Four Right Exertions Five Faculties Mindfulness is concentrated awareness of one's thoughts actions or motivations In Buddhism, samādhi ( Pali; Skt) is mental concentration In the Pali literature, samadhi is found in the following contexts In the Pali Canon In the Pali Canon, paññā is defined in a variety of overlapping ways frequently centering on concentrated insight They are one of the seven sets of "qualities conducive to enlightenment. In Buddhism, bodhipakkhiyā dhammā ( Pali, variant spellings include bodhipakkhikā dhammā and bodhapakkhiyā dhammā " They are parallel facets of the five "spiritual faculties. Indriya ( Pali; Skt) is a Buddhist term referring to multiple intrapsychic processes and is generally translated as "faculty" or in "

Contents 1 Translation 2 Exegesis 3 Notes 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

Translation

Pañca (Sanskrit, Pali) means "five. "^[1] Bala (Sanskrit, Pali) means "power," "strength," "force. "^[2]

Exegesis

Faith and Wisdom balance each other, as do Energy and Concentration. The Five Faculties are ‘controlling' faculties because they control or master their opposites. The faculties and powers are two aspects of the same thing.

1. Faith (saddha) - controls doubt
2. Energy/Effort/Persistence (viriya) – controls laziness
3. Mindfulness (sati); - controls heedlessness
4. Concentration (samādhi) - controls distraction
5. Wisdom/Discernment (pañña, prajña) – controls ignorance

Notes

1. ^ See Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. See also Bodhipakkhiya dhamma (Qualities conducive to Enlightenment Four Right Exertions Five Faculties Mindfulness is concentrated awareness of one's thoughts actions or motivations In Buddhism, samādhi ( Pali; Skt) is mental concentration In the Pali literature, samadhi is found in the following contexts In the Pali Canon In the Pali Canon, paññā is defined in a variety of overlapping ways frequently centering on concentrated insight 387, entry for "Pañca," retrieved 2008-03-11 from "U. of Chicago" at http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2:1:971.pali; and, Monier-Williams (1964), e. g. , p. 579, entry "Pañcaka," retrieved 2008-03-11 from "U. of Cologne" at http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/MWScanpdf/mw0578-paJcAGguri.pdf.
2. ^ See Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. 482, entry for "Bala," retrieved 2008-03-11 from "U. of Chicago" at http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2:1:3245.pali; and, Monier-Williams (1964), p. 722, entry "Bala," retrieved 2008-03-11 from "U. of Cologne" at http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/cgi-bin/serveimg.pl?file=/scans/MWScan/MWScanjpg/mw0722-barAsI.jpg.

References

• Monier-Williams, Monier (1899, 1964). Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1819&ndash1899 studied documented and taught Asian languages in England, and compiled one of the most widely-used Sanskrit A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. London: Oxford University Press. An on-line search engine for the MWD is available from the "U. of Cologne" at http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/.

• Rhys Davids, T. Thomas William Rhys Davids ( May 12, 1843 - December 27, 1922) was a British scholar of the Pāli language and founder of W. & William Stede (eds. ) (1921-5). The Pali Text Society’s Pali–English Dictionary. Chipstead: Pali Text Society. The Pali Text Society was founded in 1881 by TW Rhys Davids "to foster and promote the study of Pali texts" An on-line search engine for the PED is available from "Chicago U. " at http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/.

See also

• Bodhipakkhiyadhamma - lists the 32 qualities conducive to Enlightenment, which includes the Five Powers. In Buddhism, bodhipakkhiyā dhammā ( Pali, variant spellings include bodhipakkhikā dhammā and bodhapakkhiyā dhammā
• Indriya - "faculty," includes extended discussion of the Five Spiritual Faculties. Indriya ( Pali; Skt) is a Buddhist term referring to multiple intrapsychic processes and is generally translated as "faculty" or in
• Five Wisdoms

External links

• The Way of Wisdom - The Five Spiritual Faculties, by Edward Conze
• The Five Spiritual Powers, Dharma talk by Sarah Doering
• Indriyas from Encyclopedia of Spiritual Knowledge

The Five Wisdoms (Sanskrit pañca-jñāna; Tibetan ye_shes_lnga ye shes lgna; Japanese go-chi) is an Upāya or 'skillful means'

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