[279] Bhikkhus, there are these five weaknesses of the training (sikkhādubbalya). What five? The destruction of life (pāṇātipāta) … indulgence in intoxicants — liquor and spirits — that are a basis for heedlessness (surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāna). These, bhikkhus, are the five weaknesses of the training.
For the abandonment of these five weaknesses of the training, the four bases for success (iddhipāda) should be developed. What four? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops the basis for success possessed of concentration (samādhi) due to zeal (chanda) and volitional formations of striving (padhānasaṅkhāra); he develops the basis for success possessed of concentration due to energy and volitional formations of striving; he develops the basis for success possessed of concentration due to mind (citta) and volitional formations of striving; he develops the basis for success possessed of concentration due to investigation (vīmaṃsā) and volitional formations of striving. For the abandonment of these five weaknesses of the training, bhikkhus, these four bases for success should be developed.
(The remaining two sections are to be expanded by way of the bases for success.)¹
¹ The Burmese edition reads: (As in the Satipaṭṭhāna chapter, so it is to be expanded by way of the bases for success.)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.