Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.82

c19.82

In the third sense, the usual list of five is the same as that of the Balas viz. Saddhā, Viriya, Sati, Samādhi and Paññā. One passage omits the last, and has only four.⁶¹ Another has only three—Sati, Samādhi and Paññā. These faculties lead to Upasama and Sambodhi,⁶² and to the extinction of the Anusayas and the Saññojanas.⁶³ These five faculties are mentioned in the Yoga-Darśana, also, where they are supposed to be conducive to Samprajñāta Samādhi.⁶⁴