Ending of Defilements

Linked Discourses 48.64

7. On the Side of Awakening

Ending of Defilements

“Mendicants, when these five faculties are developed and cultivated they lead to the ending of defilements.

What five?

The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.

When these five faculties are developed and cultivated they lead to the ending of defilements.”

“Mendicants, when these five faculties are developed and cultivated they lead to giving up the fetters, uprooting the underlying tendencies, completely understanding the course of time, and ending the defilements.

What five?

The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.

When these five faculties are developed and cultivated they lead to giving up the fetters, uprooting the underlying tendencies, completely understanding the course of time, and ending the defilements.”