iti62:0.1So It Was Said 62
iti62:0.2The Book of the Threes
iti62:0.3Chapter Two
iti62:0.4Faculties
iti62:1.1This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
iti62:2.1“Mendicants, there are these three faculties.
iti62:2.2What three?
iti62:2.3The faculty of understanding that enlightenment is imminent. The faculty of enlightenment. The faculty of one who is enlightened.
iti62:2.4These are the three faculties.”
iti62:2.5The Buddha spoke this matter.
iti62:2.6On this it is said:
iti62:3.1“As a trainee trains,
iti62:3.2following the straight road,
iti62:3.3first they know about ending;
iti62:3.4enlightenment follows without delay.
iti62:4.1Then the knowledge comes
iti62:4.2to such a one, freed through enlightenment,
iti62:4.3with the end of the fetters of continued existence:
iti62:4.4‘My freedom is unshakable.’
iti62:5.1Accomplished in the faculties,
iti62:5.2peaceful, in love with the state of peace,
iti62:5.3they bear their final body,
iti62:5.4having vanquished Māra with his legions.”
iti62:6.1This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.