Translations of pañcabalāni |
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English | the five powers, the five strengths |
Pali | pañcabalāni |
Sanskrit | पञ्चबलानि (pañcabalāni) |
Chinese |
五力 (Pinyin: wǔ lì) |
Japanese |
五力 (rōmaji: goriki) |
Korean |
오력 (RR: olyeog) |
Tibetan |
སྟོབས་ལྔའི་མིང་ལ་ (Wylie: stobs lnga'i ming la) |
Glossary of Buddhism |
The Five Strengths (Sanskrit, Pali: pañcabalāni) in Buddhism are faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. They are one of the seven sets of "qualities conducive to enlightenment." They are parallel facets of the five "spiritual faculties."
Pañca (Sanskrit, Pali) means "five."Bala (Sanskrit, Pali) means "power," "strength," "force."
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.