Yuganaddhavaggabalakathā

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Paṭisambhidāmagga · Vol. 31 · Section 629

[629] What are the ten powers of one whose taints are destroyed (khīṇāsavabala)? Here, by a bhikkhu whose taints (āsava) are destroyed, all formations (saṅkhārā) have been clearly seen with right wisdom (sammappaññā), as they really are, as impermanent. In that all formations have been clearly seen by the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, with right wisdom, as they really are, as impermanent — this too is a power of the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, relying upon which power the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed claims the destruction of the taints: "My taints are destroyed." Furthermore, by a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, sensual pleasures have been clearly seen with right wisdom, as they really are, as comparable to a pit of glowing embers. In that sensual pleasures have been clearly seen by the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, with right wisdom, as they really are, as comparable to a pit of glowing embers — this too is a power of the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, relying upon which power the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed claims the destruction of the taints: "My taints are destroyed." Furthermore, the mind (citta) of a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed slants toward seclusion (viveka), slopes toward seclusion, inclines toward seclusion, stands withdrawn in seclusion, delights in renunciation (nekkhamma), and has become entirely finished with all things that are a basis for the taints. In that the mind of the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed slants toward seclusion, slopes toward seclusion, inclines toward seclusion, stands withdrawn in seclusion, delights in renunciation, and has become entirely finished with all things that are a basis for the taints — this too is a power of the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, relying upon which power the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed claims the destruction of the taints: "My taints are destroyed." Furthermore, by a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, the four establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna) have been developed, well developed. In that the four establishments of mindfulness have been developed, well developed by the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed — this too is a power of the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, relying upon which power the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed claims the destruction of the taints: "My taints are destroyed." Furthermore, by a bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, the four right exertions (sammappadhāna) have been developed, well developed … the four bases for success (iddhipāda) have been developed, well developed; the five faculties (indriya) have been developed, well developed; the five powers (bala) have been developed, well developed; the seven factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga) have been developed … the noble eightfold path (magga) has been developed, well developed. In that the noble eightfold path has been developed, well developed by the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed — this too is a power of the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, relying upon which power the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed claims the destruction of the taints: "My taints are destroyed." These are the ten powers of one whose taints are destroyed.

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