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Linked Discourses 48.61 · 7. Leading to Awakening

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Linked Discourses 48.61 · 7. Leading to Awakening

At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, when these five faculties are developed and cultivated they lead to giving up the fetters.

What five?

The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.

When these five faculties are developed and cultivated they lead to giving up the fetters.”

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[1] Bodhi: The commentary explains that the Buddha gave this discourse to cut through the conceit that arose in the five monks because of their arahantship.

[2] Bodhi: The commentary explains that the word "all" (sabba) is used here in a limited sense: that is, it denotes "all that is included in personal identity" (sakkaa-sabba), that is, all states or phenomena (dhamma) included in the five aggregates subject to clinging (khandha) (see MN 28). Supramundane states - paths, fruits, and nibbana - are not included here.

[3] Bodhi: Assutama puthujjana is an ordinary person who has no knowledge of the Dhamma. There are no noble attainments in the Dhamma. The mind is dominated by many defilements and wrong views.