Numbered Discourses 5.12

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1. Numbered Discourses 5.12
2. 2. Powers
3. Peak
4. “Mendicants, there are these five powers of a trainee.
5. What five?
6. The powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom.
7. These are the five powers of a trainee.
8. Of these five powers of a trainee, the power of wisdom is the chief. It holds and binds everything together.
9. It’s like a bungalow. The roof-peak is the chief point, which holds and binds everything together.
10. In the same way, of these five powers of a trainee, the power of wisdom is the chief. It holds and binds everything together.
11. So you should train like this:
12. ‘We will have the trainee’s powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom.’
13. That’s how you should train.”