Iddhipādavibhaṅga › Ceriñaiddhibādaanaparakaabavayacittasamādhipadhānasaṅkhāra

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Vibhaṅga · Vol. 35 · Section 510

[510] Therein, what is energy (vīriya)? That which is the mental arousing of energy (vīriyārambha) … right effort (sammāvāyāma) — this is called energy. Therein, what is concentration (samādhi)? That which is stability of the mind (citta), steadiness, steadfastness, non-wavering, non-distraction, the state of unwavering mentality, calm (samatha), the faculty of concentration (samādhindriya), the power of concentration (samādhibala), right concentration (sammāsamādhi) — this is called concentration. Therein, what is the volitional formation of striving (padhānasaṅkhāra)? That which is the mental arousing of energy … right effort — this is called the volitional formation of striving. Thus he is endowed with this energy, with this concentration, and with this volitional formation of striving … possessed of them. Therefore it is said: "possessing energy, concentration, and the volitional formation of striving (vīriyasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgata)."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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