Balasaṅyuta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 1105

[1105] And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu who is developing the five powers (bala), who is making much of the five powers, come to slant toward Nibbāna, slope toward Nibbāna, incline toward Nibbāna? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops the power of faith (saddhābala), which has as its culmination the removal of lust (rāga), the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion … It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu who is developing the five powers, who is making much of the five powers, comes to slant toward Nibbāna, slope toward Nibbāna, incline toward Nibbāna. (Thus the text on the searches (esanā) should be expanded in full: "which has as its culmination the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion.")

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