Saṁyutta Nikāya,
V: Mahā-Vagga
48. Indriya Saṁyutta
I. Suddhika-vaggo

48. Kindred Sayings on the Faculties
I. Purity

Sutta 4

Paṭhama Araha Suttaṁ

Arahant (a)

 

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THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.

Then the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these five controlling powers.

What five?

The controlling power of faith,
the controlling power of energy,
the controlling power of mindfulness,
the controlling power of concentration,
the controlling power of insight.

These are the five controlling powers.

When a monk, by seeing as they really are,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from
these five controlling powers,
is freed without grasping,¹ -
such an one, monks, is called
'Arahant,
destroyer of the āsavas,
liver of the life,
doer of the task,
lifter of the burden,
winner of his own welfare,
one who has worn out the fetters of rebirth,
one released by perfect insight.'"

 

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¹ Anupādā vimutto. Cf. Buddh. Psych. Eth. 197; D. iii, 97, etc.