THE FIVE SPIRITUAL FACULTIES

This category gathers excerpts on the Five Spiritual Faculties — faith (saddhā), energy (viriya), mindfulness (sati), concentration (samādhi), and wisdom (paññā) — including how they are balanced and developed.

THE EXCERPTS

001 ‣ Mindfulness when Talking (38) 002 ‣ Bare Awareness is Simply Being Reminded to Be Present (40) 003 ‣ Samadhi in Every Situation (44) 004 ‣ Face Defilements with Real Wisdom (62) 005 ‣ Checking on How the Mind is Being Mindful (89) 006 ‣ Wholesome or Unwholesome Actions Depend on the Quality of Mind (97) 007 ‣ Any Object Can Be Used to Cultivate Quality of Mind (126) 008 ‣ How Sayadaw Starts Meditating (147) 009 ‣ Dying with Awareness is Dying with a Wholesome Mind (152) 010 ‣ Cultivating the Wholesome Mind Reduces the Power of Defilements (153) 011 ‣ The Meaning of Bhavana, Cultivation (159) 012 ‣ Right Attitude is Wisdom (187) 013 ‣ How the Dhamma Can Be Alive in Daily Life (210) 014 ‣ Put Your Trust in the Practice (295) 015 ‣ Finding Balance in How Much Energy the Mind Uses (367) 016 ‣ Sense of ‘disappearance’ Caused by Imbalanced 5 Indriyas (379) 017 ‣ Noticing How the 5 Spiritual Qualities of Mind Are Working (422) 018 ‣ 3 Reasons to Be Interested in Awareness (430) 019 ‣ Awareness and Right View Can Change Unwholesome Habits (457) 020 ‣ The Wise Way to Make Adhitthana (Determination) (520) 021 ‣ Learning to Overcome Depression the Wisdom Way (523) 022 ‣ Deconstructing ‘I Am the Mind’ (570) 023 ‣ We Must Use Our Wisdom So that it Can Become Stronger (603) 024 ‣ Never Say Die when It’s Hard to Practice Post-retreat (623) 025 ‣ Bored Because the Mind Has No Wisdom to Be Interested in the Right Object (659)

026 ‣ Knowing How to Use Right Thinking and Effort to Be Mindful (764) 027 ‣ Mind-created Rupa – Cittaja Rupa (769) 028 ‣ Concentration Practice Improves by Knowing the Mind (1002) 029 ‣ When We’re Mindful, We Learn Not to Overexert (1031) 030 ‣ Home Practice Can Surpass Retreats (1183) 031 ‣ Advice on Practicing Concentration Meditation (1213) 032 ‣ Piti Joy is the Result of Wholesome Minds Not Akusala Minds (1267) 033 ‣ Balancing Concentration with Awareness (1269) 034 ‣ Encouraging Faith in the Practice (1284) 035 ‣ Dealing with Low Confidence (1303) 036 ‣ Handling Grief (1325) 037 ‣ Not Doing Anything but Seeing it as it is (1331) 038 ‣ How Do We Understand the 5 Spiritual Faculties as Paramis? (1341) 039 ‣ Clarifying a Wrong Idea (1356) 040 ‣ Make Use of Defilements to Cultivate Sati, Samadhi and Panna (1367) 041 ‣ Right Effort, Faith and Wisdom Give Momentum to the Practice (1383) 042 ‣ The 3 Yogi Jobs Are the Factors of Enlightenment (1438) 043 ‣ Awareness Embodies the 5 Spiritual Qualities (1511) 044 ‣ Saying Things Differently without Understanding Cannot Change the Mind (1525) 045 ‣ Working with Recurring Negative Thoughts (1546) 046 ‣ Our Mind Quality Always Changes (1645) 047 ‣ How Do I Develop the Wisdom for Death? (1685) 048 ‣ Consistent Awareness is the Condition for the Arising of Wisdom (1708) 049 ‣ Balancing Faith and Wisdom (1726)

THE DISCUSSIONS

001 ‣ When the Mind is Ready, Wisdom Will Work by Itself (4) 002 ‣ Stability of Mind – the Role of Non-self (Anatta) Wisdom (10) 003 ‣ Why Meditation Feels Different Each Day (11) 004 ‣ Can Meditation Cure Diseases? (13) 005 ‣ Right Attitude in Observing Sleepiness (14) 006 ‣ Those Who Rely on Objects and Those Who Don’t (15) 007 ‣ Nature of Focusing and Nature of Five Spiritual Faculties (23) 008 ‣ Awareness + Wisdom in Action: the Mind of a Meditator at Work (28) 009 ‣ To See the True Nature, Don’t Always Look Directly (29) 010 ‣ Adjust and Apply as Conditions Require (35) 011 ‣ How to Make the Best Use of Arising Defilements (Unwholesome Thoughts) (50) 012 ‣ Without Mindfulness There’s No Wisdom; Without Wisdom Work is Tiring (57)