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The Discourse in Detail
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"There are, monks, these five powers of a trainee.
Which five?
The power of faith, the power of shame, the power of moral fear, the power of energy, 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 shame? Here, monks, a noble disciple has shame, he is ashamed of bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct, he is ashamed of the attainment of evil unwholesome mental states. This is called, monks, the power of shame.
"And what, monks, is the power of moral fear? Here, monks, a noble disciple has moral fear, he fears bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct, he fears the attainment of evil unwholesome mental states. This is called, monks, the power of moral fear.
"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 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 of a trainee.
"Therefore, monks, you should train thus - 'We will be endowed with the power of faith, a power of a trainee; with the power of shame, etc. with the power of moral fear, etc. with the power of energy, etc. we will be endowed with the power of wisdom, a power of a trainee.' Thus indeed, monks, should you train." The second.