Saṅgītisutta

Suttapiṭaka · Dīghanikāya · Pāthikavagga · Vol. 11 · Section 293

[293] Five factors of striving (padhāniyaṅga). Here, friends, a bhikkhu is one who has faith (saddhā): he has faith in the awakening of the Tathāgata thus — 'Thus indeed is that Blessed One: an arahant, perfectly awakened, accomplished in true knowledge (vijjā) and conduct, well-gone, knower of the world, unsurpassed trainer of persons to be tamed, teacher of devas and humans, awakened, blessed.' He is one with little illness and little affliction, endowed with an even digestion (gahaṇī), neither too cold nor too hot, but medium, able to endure striving. He is not fraudulent, not deceitful, one who discloses himself as he really is to the Teacher or to wise companions in the holy life. He dwells with energy (vīriya) aroused for the abandoning of unwholesome dhammas and for the attainment of wholesome dhammas; he is strong, of firm exertion, not shirking the burden with regard to wholesome dhammas. He is wise: endowed with the wisdom that discerns rise and passing away, which is noble, penetrative, leading rightly to the destruction of suffering (dukkha).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.