7. The Twenty-Two Faculties (ARV7)

Herein, monastics, what are the twenty-two faculties?

They are as follows:

The eye faculty,

the ear faculty,

the nose faculty,

the tongue faculty,

the body faculty,

the mind faculty,

the female faculty,

the male faculty,

the life faculty,

the suffering faculty,

the sorrow faculty,

the pleasure faculty,

the well-being faculty,

the equanimity faculty,

the faith faculty,

the energy faculty,

the mindfulness faculty,

the concentration faculty,

the wisdom faculty,

the ‘I-will-know-the-unknown’ faculty,

the understanding faculty,

the complete understanding faculty.

These, monastics, are the twenty-two faculties.

Translated by Ānandajoti Bhikkhu, 2016

Based on the edition by Prof. N. H. Samtani in The Arthaviniścaya-sūtra & its commentary (Nibandhana) (Patna, 1971), updated to include the corrections he printed in that work on pp. 180–181, most of which were also printed in his translation of the same, Gathering the Meanings (Berkeley, 2002), on pp. 309–310.

Original translation with comments to be found at http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/.

Prepared for SuttaCentral by Ayya Vimala.