1"Bhikkhus, there are these two powers. What two? The power of reflection and the power of development.

"And what is the power of reflection? Here, someone reflects thus: ‘Bodily misconduct has a bad result [n.228] Here, in contrast to AN2.1, both Ce and Be read simply pāpako vipāko, without dukkho. in the present life and in the future life; verbal misconduct has a bad result in the present life and in the future life; mental misconduct has a bad result in the present life and in the future life.’

Having reflected thus, he abandons bodily misconduct and develops bodily good conduct; he abandons verbal misconduct and develops verbal good conduct; he abandons mental misconduct and develops mental good conduct; he maintains himself in purity.

This is called the power of reflection.

2"And what is the power of development? The power of development is the power of trainees. [n.229] Ce sekhametaṁ balaṁ; Be sekhānametaṁ balaṁ; Ee sekhānaṁ etaṁ balaṁ. Mp: "The power of knowledge of the seven kinds of trainees." The seven kinds of trainees extend from the person on the path of stream-entry through the person on the path of arahantship. Thus they include all the noble persons except the arahant, who is asekha, "one beyond training." For relying on the power of a trainee, one abandons lust, hatred, and delusion.

Having abandoned lust, hatred, and delusion, one does not do anything unwholesome; one does not pursue anything bad.

This is called the power of development.

"These, bhikkhus, are the two powers."

1"Dvemāni, bhikkhave, balāni. Katamāni dve? Paṭisaṅkhānabalañca bhāvanābalañca.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, paṭisaṅkhānabalaṁ? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘kāyaduccaritassa kho pāpako vipāko diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañca, vacīduccaritassa pāpako vipāko diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañca, manoduccaritassa pāpako vipāko diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañcā’ti.

So iti paṭisaṅkhāya kāyaduccaritaṁ pahāya kāyasucaritaṁ bhāveti, vacīduccaritaṁ pahāya vacīsucaritaṁ bhāveti, manoduccaritaṁ pahāya manosucaritaṁ bhāveti, suddhaṁ attānaṁ pariharati.

Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, paṭisaṅkhānabalaṁ.

2Katamañca, bhikkhave, bhāvanābalaṁ. Tatra, bhikkhave, yamidaṁ bhāvanābalaṁ sekhānametaṁ balaṁ. Sekhañhi so, bhikkhave, balaṁ āgamma rāgaṁ pajahati, dosaṁ pajahati, mohaṁ pajahati.

Rāgaṁ pahāya, dosaṁ pahāya, mohaṁ pahāya yaṁ akusalaṁ na taṁ karoti, yaṁ pāpaṁ na taṁ sevati.

Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhāvanābalaṁ.

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dve balānī"ti.