Linked Discourses 48.19

1. Weaker

Endowed

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

“Sir, they speak of someone who is ‘accomplished in the faculties’.

How is someone accomplished in the faculties defined?”

“Mendicant, it’s when a mendicant develops the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom that lead to peace and awakening.

This is how someone who is accomplished in the faculties is defined.”