• So It Was Said 62 Itivuttaka 62
  • The Book of the Threes Tikanipāta
  • Chapter Two Dutiyavagga

Faculties Indriyasutta

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard. Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

ā€œMendicants, there are these three faculties. ā€œTīṇimāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni. What three? Katamāni tīṇi? The faculty of understanding that enlightenment is imminent. The faculty of enlightenment. The faculty of one who is enlightened. AnaƱƱātaƱƱassāmÄ«tindriyaṁ, aƱƱindriyaṁ, aƱƱātāvindriyaṁ—These are the three faculties.ā€ imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi indriyānÄ«ā€ti.

The Buddha spoke this matter. Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. On this it is said: Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

ā€œAs a trainee trains, ā€œSekhassa sikkhamānassa, following the straight road, ujumaggānusārino; first they know about ending; Khayasmiṁ paį¹­hamaṁ ñāṇaṁ, enlightenment follows without delay. tato aƱƱā anantarā.

Then the knowledge comes Tato aƱƱāvimuttassa, to such a one, freed through enlightenment, ñāṇaṁ ve hoti tādino; with the end of the fetters of continued existence: Akuppā me vimuttÄ«ti, ā€˜My freedom is unshakable.’ bhavasaṁyojanakkhayā.

Accomplished in the faculties, Sa ve indriyasampanno, peaceful, in love with the state of peace, santo santipade rato; they bear their final body, Dhāreti antimaṁ dehaṁ, having vanquished Māra with his legions.ā€ jetvā māraṁ savāhininā€ti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard. Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.