Where
to find the Five Mental Abilities?
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are these five mental abilities. What five?
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)
And where, Bhikkhus, is the
ability of Faith to be seen and found?
The ability of
Faith is found in the
Four Factors of
Stream-entry...
And where, Friends, is the ability of Energy to be seen
and found?
The ability of Energy is to be found among the
Four
Right Efforts...
And where, Bhikkhus, is the
ability of Awareness to be seen and found?
The ability of Awareness is found in the
Foundations of Awareness...
Where, Friends, is the
ability of Concentration to be seen and found?
The ability of Concentration is found in the
Four Jhana absorptions...
Where, Bhikkhus, is the
ability of Understanding to be seen and found?
The ability of Understanding is found among the
Four
Noble Truths...
These five qualities, Bhikkhus and Friends, are the 5 mental abilities!
On The Five Mental Abilities
(indriya) see:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Final_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Origin_of_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Finding_the_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Fruits_of_the_Abilities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Analysis_of_the_Abilities.htm
Source of reference
(edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V: 196]
48 The Mental Abilities: 8 To be Seen..
