Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
48. Indriya Saṁyutta
1. Suddhika Vagga

Sutta 8

Daṭṭhabba Suttaṁ

And How May One See?

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][pts][than] I Hear Tell:

Once upon a time Bhagava,
Sāvatthī-town revisiting.

There then the Lucky Man addressed the bhikkhus:

"Beggars!"

And the beggars responding:
"Bhadante"
The Lucky man said to them:

"There are, beggars,
these five forces.^[1]

What five?

The force of faith,
the force of energy,
the force of mind,
the force of serenity, and
the force of wisdom.

 

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And how, beggars,
may one see
the force of faith?

In the four dimensions of Streamwinning.^[2]

That is how one may see
the force of faith.

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And how, beggars,
may one see
the force of energy?

In the four consummate efforts.^[3]

That is how one may see
the force of energy.

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And how, beggars,
may one see
the force of mind?

In the four settings-up of mind.^[4]

That is how one may see
the force of mind.

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And how, beggars,
may one see
the force of serenity?

In the four kennings.^[5]

That is how one may see
the force of serenity.

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And how, beggars,
may one see
the force of wisdom?

In the Four Aristocrats of Truths.^[6]

That is how one may see
the force of wisdom.

These then, beggars,
are how to view the five forces."

 

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^[1] Indriya.

^[2] Faith in the Buddha, the Dhamma, the Order, and the ethical standards of the Aristocrat.

^[3] Cattāro Samma-p-padhānā.

^[4] Cattāri Satipaṭṭhāna.

^[5] Cattāri jhānāni.

^[6] Cattāri Ariya Saccāni.