The Five Strengths (Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

, Pali

Páli

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: ) in Buddhism are faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration

Samadhi (Buddhism)

In Buddhism, samādhi is mental concentration or composing the mind.-In the early Suttas:In the Pāli canon of the Theravada tradition and the related Āgamas of other early Buddhist schools, samādhi is found in the following contexts:* In the noble eightfold path, "right concentration" In Buddhism,...

, and wisdom

Prajña

Prajñā or paññā is wisdom, understanding, discernment or cognitive acuity. Such wisdom is understood to exist in the universal flux of being and can be intuitively experienced through meditation...

. They are one of the seven sets of "qualities conducive to enlightenment

Bodhipakkhiyadhamma

In Buddhism, bodhipakkhiyā dhammā are qualities conducive or related to Enlightenment .In the Pali commentaries, the term bodhipakkhiyā dhammā is used to refer to seven sets of such qualities regularly...

." They are parallel facets of the five "spiritual faculties

Indriya

Indriya, literally "belonging to or agreeable to Indra" is the Sanskrit and Pali term for physical strength or ability in general, and for the five senses more specifically....

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Translation

Pañca (Sanskrit, Pali) means "five." Bala (Sanskrit, Pali) means "power," "strength," "force."

Exegesis

Faith and Wisdom balance each other, as do Energy and Concentration.
The Five Faculties are ‘controlling' faculties because they control or master their opposites.
The faculties and powers are two aspects of the same thing.

1. Faith (saddha) - controls doubt
2. Energy/Effort/Persistence (viriya) – controls laziness
3. Mindfulness (sati); - controls heedlessness
4. Concentration (samādhi
   Samadhi (Buddhism)
   In Buddhism, samādhi is mental concentration or composing the mind.-In the early Suttas:In the Pāli canon of the Theravada tradition and the related Āgamas of other early Buddhist schools, samādhi is found in the following contexts:* In the noble eightfold path, "right concentration" In Buddhism,...
   
   ) - controls distraction
5. Wisdom/Discernment (pañña, prajña
   Prajña
   Prajñā or paññā is wisdom, understanding, discernment or cognitive acuity. Such wisdom is understood to exist in the universal flux of being and can be intuitively experienced through meditation...
   
   ) – controls ignorance

See also

• Bodhipakkhiyadhamma
  Bodhipakkhiyadhamma
  In Buddhism, bodhipakkhiyā dhammā are qualities conducive or related to Enlightenment .In the Pali commentaries, the term bodhipakkhiyā dhammā is used to refer to seven sets of such qualities regularly...
  
   - lists the 32 qualities conducive to Enlightenment, which includes the Five Powers.
• Indriya
  Indriya
  Indriya, literally "belonging to or agreeable to Indra" is the Sanskrit and Pali term for physical strength or ability in general, and for the five senses more specifically....
  
   - "faculty," includes extended discussion of the Five Spiritual Faculties.
• Five Wisdoms
  Five Wisdoms
  The Five Wisdoms is an upāya or 'skillful means' doctrine of Mahayana Buddhism. The Five Wisdoms may be understood as the indivisible 'continuüm of bodhi ' , especially according to Yogācarā based Mahāyāna doctrines, ultimately derived from the Buddhabhūmi Sūtra.Capriles in...
  
  

External links

• The Way of Wisdom - The Five Spiritual Faculties, by Edward Conze
• The Five Spiritual Powers, Dharma talk by Sarah Doering
• Indriyas from Encyclopedia of Spiritual Knowledge