Subsumes: Five Powers (pañca balā, Five Strengths)
18. “Might you expound on the aspect of Right Intention? Also, are the Five Spiritual Powers meant to be the positive side of the coin in correlation to the Five Hindrances? Also, what is saṃvega?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Right Intention] [Faculties] [Hindrances] [Spiritual urgency] // [Idealism] [Skillful qualities]
10. Quote: “It all comes back to that simple quality of mindfulness. From the mindfulness, then the different qualities of practice that we need to rely on are cultivated.” — Ajahn Pasanno. [Mindfulness ] [Faculties] [Tudong] // [Concentration ] [Thai] [Translation] [Discernment] [Perfections]
Reflection: In Thai, samādhi is translated as “the firm establishing of the mind.” [Concentration ]
Quote: “The base and foundation is the mindfulness. Being the knowing is always the foundation, and then the mind is able to become still, become settled, become steady.” [Knowing itself] [Concentration ]
Recollection: “It’s rare that Ajahn Chah would use [the Pāli term] paññā on its own. More often than not, he would use satipañña, which is mindfulness and wisdom together.” [Ajahn Chah] [Pāli]
20. “Please explain the difference between aggregates and faculties.” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Aggregates] [Faculties]