The 5 Abilities are Mutually Dependent!
The 5 Abilities (indriya)
are:
The ability of
Faith (saddhā)
The ability of
Energy (viriya)
The ability of
Awareness (sati)
The ability of
Concentration (samādhi)
The ability of
Understanding (pañña)
They depend mutually and strengthen each other in forward & reverse
causality.
The 1st causes the 2nd, 3rd, 4th
& 5th. In parallel all mutually enhances each other!
Such are
essentially fine examples of co-dependent co-arising!
Paticca-samuppāda:
Vice-Versa Causality:
One who has faith, is also energetic. One who is energetic, also has faith.
One who has faith, is also aware.
One who is aware, also has faith.
One who has faith, also concentrates. One who concentrates,
also has faith.
One who has faith, also understands. One who understands,
also has faith.
One who is energetic, is also aware. One who is aware, is also energetic.
One who is energetic, also concentrates.
One who concentrates, is also
energetic.
One who is energetic, also understands. One who understands, is also
energetic.
One who is energetic, also has faith. One who has faith, is
also energetic.
One who is aware, also concentrates. One who concentrates, is also aware.
One who is aware, also understands.
One who understands, is also aware.
One who is aware, also has faith. One who has faith, is also aware.
One who is aware, is also energetic. One who is energetic, is also aware.
One who concentrates, also understands. One who understands, also
concentrates.
One who concentrates, also has faith. One who has faith, also concentrates.
One who concentrates, is also energetic.
One who is energetic, also
concentrates.
One who concentrates, is also aware. One who is aware, also
concentrates.
One who understands, also has faith. One who has faith, also understands.
One who understands, is also energetic.
One who is energetic, also
understands.
One who understands, is also aware. One who is aware, also understands.
One who understands, also concentrates. One who concentrates, also
understands.
by
Source: Ven.
Sāriputta in: The
Path of Discrimination: Patidasambhidamagga:
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