The History of Buddhist Thought c12.79

c12.79

(5) Five powers (*bala*) are practised, of the same names as the faculties. They are powers in the sense of being unshakable, says the commentary. The more elaborate analysis of the *Abhidharmakośa* vi, 70) explains that the indriyas, which in the previous stage were predominant, can as *balas* never be crushed by the passions.