Numbered Discourses 5.12

1. Powers

Peak

“Mendicants, there are these five powers of a trainee.

What five?

The powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom.

These are the five powers of a trainee.

Of these five powers of a trainee, the power of wisdom is the chief. It holds and binds everything together.

It’s like a bungalow. The roof-peak is the chief point, which holds and binds everything together.

In the same way, of these five powers of a trainee, the power of wisdom is the chief. It holds and binds everything together.

So you should train like this:

‘We will have the trainee’s powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom.’

That’s how you should train.”