In how many aspects are the 5 abilities purified?
There are these 5 mental Abilities:
The ability (faculty) of
faith,
The ability of
energy,
The ability of
awareness,
The ability of
concentration,
The ability of
understanding.
These
five abilities are purified in
these 15 aspects:
When the Noble Friend avoids faithless
persons, and cultivates, frequents and honours
faithful persons, and reviews
sacred texts that inspire confidence, then
the faith ability
is
purified in these 3 aspects.
When the Noble Friend avoids idle or lazy
persons, and cultivates, frequents, and honours
energetic persons, and reviews own practise of the
4 best Efforts, then
the
energy
ability
is purified in these 3 aspects.
When the Noble Friend avoids negligent,
forgetful persons, and cultivates, frequents and
honours acutely aware and mindful persons, while reviewing the
4 Foundations of Awareness,
then the
awareness ability is
purified in these 3 aspects.
When the Noble Friend avoids unconcentrated
persons, and cultivates, visits and honours
focused and concentrated persons, and reviews
texts on
the
4
Jhānas and the 8
liberations,
then the
concentration
ability is purified in these 3 aspects.
When the Noble Friend avoids ignorant persons, cultivates, frequents,
and honours
persons
who
understand, and reviews information on profound knowledge, then the
understanding
ability
is purified
in these 3 aspects.
So when the Noble Friend avoids these 5 kinds of
ordinary
persons, while cultivating,
visiting, and honouring these 5 kinds of excellent persons, and
reviews these 5 kinds
of
teachings, then the
five abilities
is purified
in these
15 aspects. [ Yeah ;-) ]
On these 5 mental Abilities
(indriya):
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Elements_Diversity_and_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Analysis_of_the_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Fruits_of_the_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Five_Abilities_Summary.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Finding_the_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Ability_Purification.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Developing_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/g_m/indriya.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Analytical_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Dominant_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Origin_of_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Uprooting_Ability.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_5_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Final_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Well_Equipped.htm
Source: Sāriputta
in: The Path
of Discrimination: Patidasambhidamagga:
https://store.pariyatti.org/Path-of-Discrimination-2nd-Edition_p_2126.html
