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 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.

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2"And what is the power of development?

Here, a bhikkhu develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness that is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

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He develops the enlightenment factor of discrimination of phenomena that is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

He develops the enlightenment factor of energy that is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

He develops the enlightenment factor of rapture that is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

He develops the enlightenment factor of tranquility that is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

He develops the enlightenment factor of concentration that is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

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He develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity that is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

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.

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2Katamañca, bhikkhave, bhāvanābalaṁ?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vosaggapariṇāmiṁ,

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dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …

vīriyasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …

pītisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …

passaddhisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …

samādhisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …

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upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vosaggapariṇāmiṁ.

Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhāvanābalaṁ.

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dve balānī"ti.