What are the Results and Fruits of the Abilities?
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, these
five
abilities, when developed and cultivated, lead
to the destruction of
the deep mental
fermentations. What five?
The Ability of
Faith
eliminate the
fermentations!
The Ability of
Energy
eliminate the
fermentations!
The Ability of
Awareness
eliminate the
fermentations!
The Ability of
Concentration
eliminate the
fermentations!
The Ability of
Understanding
eliminate the
fermentations!
These
five
abilities, when developed and cultivated, lead to the total
breaking out of these
inner mental chains, to the complete uprooting
of the
underlying mental tendencies, to the full understanding of
the
course, method
and path, and to the final irreversible destruction of
these
mental fermentations! When, friends, these
five abilities have
been
developed and cultivated, one of 2
fruits may indeed be expected:
Either
final knowledge in this very life or, if there is a
remaining residue
of
clinging left, the Noble state of
non-returning...
For Details on the 3
or 4 Mental Fermentations (āsava) see:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_7_Persons.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Final_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Naturally_Radiant.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/aasava.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Proximate_Cause.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Cause_of_Ignorance.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suprahuman_Force_VI.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Three_Fermentations.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Freed_from_Fermentation.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_9_Supremes_Explained.htm
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V:236]
section 48: The Abilities: 64+65.
