What are the 7 Fruits of the Abilities?
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are these
5
abilities. What five?
1: The Ability of
Faith.
2: The Ability of
Energy.
3: The Ability of
Awareness.
4: The Ability of
Concentration.
5: The Ability of
Understanding.
When these
5
abilities have been developed & cultivated, then
seven supreme
fruits and excellent benefits may be expected!
What are these seven fruits and
advantageous benefits?
1: One attains
final knowledge early in this very life. If not then;
2: One attains
final knowledge at the time of death. If not then;
3: One having cut the
5 lower
chains attains
Nibbāna
in between;
4: One attains
Nibbāna
upon landing in the
pure abodes. If not then;
5: One attains
Nibbāna
in the pure abodes without effort. If not then;
6: One attains
Nibbāna
in the pure abodes with some effort. If not then;
7: One is bound
Upstream,
heading towards the
Akanittha realm.
When, Bhikkhus, these five mental abilities have been developed and
cultivated, these seven sublime fruits and benefits may be expected.
On the
5 Mental
Abilities and the
pure abodes:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Five_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/s/suddhaavaasaa.htm
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V:237]
section 48: The Abilities: 66.
