Five powers

pañca balāni

Practice & instruction Building on it Stage 5 of 8

The same five qualities as powers: once they have become steady and unshakable, they withstand the forces that oppose them.

On the path: 5 · Hindrances and mental development — What prevents clarity, and what conditions encourage it? The roots, the hindrances, the underlying tendencies, right effort, the faculties and powers. → to this stage in the learning path

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Passages where pañca balāni occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

Tipiṭaka · Nummerierte Lehrreden 5.2 · German Primary passage

‚Wir wollen die fünf Kräfte eines in Schulung Befindlichen Vertrauen, Gewissen, Besonnenheit, Energie und Weisheit haben.‘ So sollt ihr euch schulen.“

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Old Javanese · Slokantara · Old Javanese

an paviku | tan pakabuyutan | tan pasaṅgar | yeka ulahniṅ kalisaṅhāra | tan hana sor | tan hana ruhur | kunaṅ ikaṅ rāt | traṅtraṅ laṅit | ləbu mələk | tahun vuruṅ | hilan | praṅ maṅekadesa | laraniṅ vvaṅ thāni bala | sīma | dharma kalaṅ kalagyan (ed.
Arthaśāstra · Arthaśāstra · Sanskrit

KAZ08.5.19ab/ doṣa.śuddhir bala.āvāpaḥ sattra.sthāna.atisaṃhitam / KAZ08.5.19cd/ saṃdhiś ca^uttara.pakṣasya bala.vyasana.sādhanam //
Narrative literature · Mahāvastu-avādana · Sanskrit

bahūni bālāni caranti loke arthe ca dharmeṣu ca vipramūḍhā / tuvaṃ pi bho paramabuddhi māṇava yaṃ durlabhaṃ loki tuvaṃ gaveṣasi //
Tipiṭaka · thaga · Pāli

Ye ca kho ti ye pana bālyappayogato bālā, dhammojapaññāya abhāvato dummedhā, asubhe subhānupassanena ducintitacintitāya dummantī, mohena aññāṇena sabbaso paṭicchāditacittatāya mohapārutā tādisā tathārūpā andhaputhujjanā, tattha tasmiṃ itthisaññite, mārakhittamhi bandhane mārena oḍḍite mārapāse, rajjanti rattā giddhā gadhitā mucchitā ajjhopannā tiṭṭhanti. Virājitā ti yesaṃ pana khīṇāsavānaṃ telañjanarāgo viya dummocanīyasabhāvo rāgo sapatto viya laddhokāso dussanasabhāvo doso aññāṇasabhāvā avijjā ca ariyamaggavirāgena sabbaso virājitā pahīnā samucchinnā, tādisā aggamaggasatthena chinna bhavanetti suttā tato eva katthacipi bandhanābhāvato abandhanā tattha tasmiṃ yathāvutte mārapāse na …

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