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The Discourse in Detail
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"There are, monks, these five powers.
Which five?
The power of faith, the power of energy, the power of mindfulness, the power of concentration, the power of wisdom.
"And what, monks, is the power of faith? Here, monks, a noble disciple has faith, he believes in the enlightenment of the Truth-finder - 'Thus indeed is the Blessed One: the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, accomplished in true knowledge and conduct, the Fortunate One, knower of the world, unsurpassed trainer of persons to be tamed, Teacher of gods and humans, the Enlightened One, the Blessed One.' This is called, monks, the power of faith.
"And what, monks, is the power of energy? Here, monks, a noble disciple dwells putting forth strenuous energy for the abandoning of unwholesome mental states and for the acquisition of wholesome mental states, steadfast, of firm effort, not shirking the responsibility regarding wholesome mental states. This is called, monks, the power of energy.
"And what, monks, is the power of mindfulness? Here, monks, a noble disciple is mindful, endowed with the highest mindfulness and discretion, remembering and recollecting what was done long ago and what was said long ago. This is called, monks, the power of mindfulness.
"And what, monks, is the power of concentration? Here, monks, a noble disciple, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome mental states, enters and dwells in the first meditative absorption, which is accompanied by applied thought and sustained thought, with rapture and happiness born of seclusion; with the subsiding of applied and sustained thought, he enters and dwells in the second meditative absorption, which has internal confidence and unification of mind, is without applied thought and without sustained thought, with rapture and happiness born of concentration; with the fading away of rapture, he dwells equanimous, mindful and fully aware, and experiences happiness with the body - that which the noble ones declare: 'One who is equanimous and mindful, one who dwells in happiness' - he enters and dwells in the third meditative absorption; with the abandoning of pleasure and pain, and with the previous disappearance of joy and displeasure, he enters and dwells in the fourth meditative absorption, which has neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant and purity of mindfulness due to equanimity. This is called, monks, the power of concentration.
"And what, monks, is the power of wisdom? Here, monks, a noble disciple is wise, endowed with wisdom that discerns rise and fall, noble, penetrative, leading rightly to the complete elimination of suffering. This is called, monks, the power of wisdom. These, monks, are the five powers." The fourth.