Chapter IV 48 Indriyasamyutta Connected Discourses on the Faculties I. Simple Version 1 (1) Simple Version At Sāvatthī . There the Blessed One addressed the Bhikkhus thus: Bhikkhus, there are these 5 faculties . What 5? 1) The faculty of faith, 2) the faculty of energy, 3) the faculty of mindfulness, 4) the faculty of concentration, 5) the faculty of

III. The 6 Faculties 21 (1) Renewed Existence Bhikkhus, there are these 5 faculties . What 5? The faculty of faith … the faculty of wisdom . So long, Bhikkhus, as I did not directly know as they really are the origin and the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in the case of these 5 faculties,

VI. The Boar’s Cave 51 (1) Sālā Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Kosalans at S ālā , a Brahmin village. There the Blessed One addressed the Bhikkhus thus: Bhikkhus, just as among animals the lion , the king of beasts, is declared to be their chief, that is, with respect to

VIII. Ganges Repetition Series 71 (1)–82 (12) The River Ganges—Eastward, Etc. Bhikkhus, just as the river Ganges slants, slopes, and inclines towards the East , so too a Bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the 5 spiritual faculties slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna . And how, Bhikkhus, does a Bhikkhu develop and cultivate the 5 spiritual faculties so that he

V. Aging 41 (1) Subject to Aging Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in the Eastern Park in the Mansion of Migāra ’s Mother. Now on that occasion the Blessed One had emerged from seclusion in the evening and was sitting warming his back in the last rays of the sun. Then

VII. Conducive To Enlightenment 61 (1) Fetters At Sāvatthī . Bhikkhus, these 5 faculties , when developed and cultivated, lead to the abandoning of the fetters. What 5? The faculty of faith … the faculty of wisdom . - These 5 faculties…. 62 (2) Underlying Tendencies Bhikkhus, these 5 faculties , when developed and cultivated, lead to the uprooting of

IX. Diligence 83 (1)–92 (10) The Tathāgata, Etc. (To be elaborated by way of the faculties parallel to 45:139–48 .) Tathāgata, footprint, roof peak, Roots, heartwood, jasmine, Monarch, the moon and sun, Together with the cloth as tenth. X. Strenuous Deeds 93 (1)–104 (12) Strenuous, Etc. (To be elaborated parallel to 45:149–60 .) Strenuous, seeds, and Nāgas, The tree, the

XIII. Ganges Repetition Series (Removal of Lust Version) 125 (1)–136 (12) The River Ganges—Eastward, Etc. Bhikkhus, just as the river Ganges slants, slopes, and inclines towards the East , so too a Bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the 5 spiritual faculties slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna . And how, Bhikkhus, does a Bhikkhu develop and cultivate the 5 spiritual

XVII. Floods (Removal of Lust Version) 169 (1)–177 (9) Floods, Etc. 178 (10) Higher Fetters Bhikkhus, there are these 5 higher fetters . What 5? 1) Lust for form, 2) lust for the formless, 3) conceit, 4) restlessness, 5) ignorance. - These are the 5 higher fetters . The 5 spiritual faculties are to be developed for direct knowledge of