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not subject to falling into states of woe, certain, bound for enlightenment. The Second. 3. The Arahant Sutta 503. ‘‘These, monks, are five faculties. Which five? The faculty of pleasure, the faculty of pain, the faculty of mental pleasure, the faculty of mental pain, the faculty of equanimity. When, monks, a bhikkhu, having truly understood the origin, the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape of these five faculties, is liberated without clinging – this, monks, is called a bhikkhu who is an Arahant, whose taints are destroyed, who has lived the holy life, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, attained his own goal, whose fetters of existence are utterly destroyed, one rightly liberated through final knowledge. The Third. 4. The First Ascetics and Brahmins Sutta 504. ‘‘These, monks, are five faculties. Which five? The faculty of pleasure, the faculty of pain, the faculty of mental pleasure, the faculty of mental pain, the faculty of equanimity. Any ascetics or brahmins, monks, who do not truly understand the origin, the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape of these five faculties, these, monks, are not considered by me as ascetics among ascetics, nor as brahmins among brahmins. Nor do these venerable ones abide, having realized for themselves with direct knowledge the goal of asceticism or the goal of brahminhood in this very life. But any ascetics or brahmins, monks, who truly understand the origin, the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape of these five faculties, these, monks, are considered by me as ascetics among ascetics, and as brahmins among brahmins. And these venerable ones the goal of asceticism and the goal of brahminhood and the goal of recluseship and the goal of brahmaship, having directly known and realized it for themselves in this very life, they dwell having attained it.’’ The Fourth. 5. The Second Discourse on Recluses and Brahmins 505. ‘‘Monks, there are these five faculties. Which five? The faculty of pleasure, the faculty of pain, the faculty of joy, the faculty of sorrow, the faculty of equanimity. Monks, whatever recluses or brahmins do not understand the faculty of pleasure, do not understand the origin of the faculty of pleasure, do not understand the cessation of the faculty of pleasure, do not understand the path leading to the cessation of the faculty of pleasure; do not understand the faculty of pain... do not understand the faculty of joy... do not understand the faculty of sorrow... do not understand the faculty of equanimity, do not understand the origin of the faculty of equanimity, do not understand the cessation of the faculty of equanimity, do not understand the path leading to the cessation of the faculty of equanimity; Monks, I do not consider those recluses or brahmins to be recluses among recluses, nor brahmins among brahmins. Nor do those venerable ones dwell having attained the goal of recluseship or the goal of brahmaship, having directly known and realized it for themselves in this very life. ‘‘But Monks, whatever recluses or brahmins understand the faculty of pleasure, understand the origin of the faculty of pleasure, understand the cessation of the faculty of pleasure, understand the path leading to the cessation of the faculty of pleasure; understand the faculty of pain... understand the faculty of joy... understand the faculty of sorrow... understand the faculty of equanimity, understand the origin of the faculty of equanimity, understand the cessation of the faculty of equanimity, understand the path leading to the cessation of the faculty of equanimity, Monks, I do consider those recluses or brahmins to be recluses among recluses, and brahmins among brahmins. And those venerable ones dwell having attained the goal of recluseship and the goal of brahmaship, having directly known and realized it for themselves in this very life.’’ The Fifth. 6. The First Discourse on Analysis These five, bhikkhus, are faculties. Which five? The faculty of pleasure, the faculty of pain, the faculty of mental joy, the faculty of mental distress, the faculty of equanimity. And what, bhikkhus, is the faculty of pleasure? That, bhikkhus, which is bodily pleasure, bodily agreeableness, a pleasant and agreeable feeling born of bodily contact – this, bhikkhus, is called the faculty of pleasure. And what, bhikkhus, is the faculty of pain? That, bhikkhus, which is bodily pain, bodily disagreeableness, a painful and disagreeable feeling born of bodily contact – this, bhikkhus, is called the faculty of pain. And what, bhikkhus, is the faculty of mental joy? That, bhikkhus, which is mental pleasure, mental agreeableness, a pleasant and agreeable feeling born of mental contact – this, bhikkhus, is called the faculty of mental joy. And what, bhikkhus, is the faculty of mental distress? That, bhikkhus, which is mental pain, mental disagreeableness, a painful and disagreeable feeling born of mental contact – this, bhikkhus, is called the faculty of mental distress. And what, bhikkhus, is the faculty of equanimity? That, bhikkhus, which is a feeling neither agreeable nor disagreeable, whether bodily or mental – this, bhikkhus, is called the faculty of equanimity. These, bhikkhus, are the five faculties. These five, bhikkhus, are faculties. Which five? The faculty of pleasure, the faculty of pain, the faculty of mental joy, the faculty of mental distress, the faculty of equanimity. And what, bhikkhus, is the faculty of pleasure? That, bhikkhus, which is bodily pleasure, bodily agreeableness, a pleasant and agreeable feeling born of bodily contact – this, bhikkhus, is called the faculty of pleasure. And what, bhikkhus, is the faculty of pain? That, bhikkhus, which is bodily pain, bodily disagreeableness, a painful and disagreeable feeling born of bodily contact – this, bhikkhus, is called the faculty of pain. And what, bhikkha And what, monks, is the faculty of joy? That which, monks, is mental pleasure, mental agreeableness, a pleasant, agreeable feeling born of mind-contact – this is called, monks, the faculty of joy. And what, monks, is the faculty of displeasure? That which, monks, is mental pain, mental disagreeableness, a painful, disagreeable feeling born of mind-contact – this is called, monks, the faculty of displeasure. And what, monks, is the faculty of equanimity? That which, monks, is a bodily or mental neither agreeable nor disagreeable feeling – this is called, monks, the faculty of equanimity. Therein, monks, the faculty of pleasure and the faculty of joy, that feeling should be seen as pleasant. Therein, monks, the faculty of pain and the faculty of displeasure, that feeling should be seen as painful. Therein, monks, that which is the faculty of equanimity, that feeling should be seen as neither painful nor pleasant. These, monks, are the five faculties. The Seventh. 8. The Third Analysis Sutta 508. These five, monks, are faculties. Which five? The faculty of pleasure, the faculty of pain, the faculty of joy, the faculty of displeasure, the faculty of equanimity. And what, monks, is the faculty of pleasure? That which, monks, is bodily pleasure, bodily agreeableness, a pleasant, agreeable feeling born of body-contact – this is called, monks, the faculty of pleasure. And what, monks, is the faculty of pain? That which, monks, is bodily pain, bodily disagreeableness, a painful, disagreeable feeling born of body-contact – this is called, monks, the faculty of pain. And what, monks, is the faculty of joy? That which, monks, is mental pleasure, mental agreeableness, a pleasant, agreeable feeling born of mind-contact – this is called, monks, the faculty of joy. And what, monks, is the faculty of displeasure? That which, monks, is mental pain, ment unpleasant bodily, mental contact-born suffering, unpleasant feeling – this is called, monks, the faculty of displeasure. And what, monks, is the faculty of equanimity? That, monks, which is a bodily or mental feeling, neither pleasant nor unpleasant – this is called, monks, the faculty of equanimity. Therein, monks, the faculty of pleasure and the faculty of joy, that feeling is to be seen as pleasant. Therein, monks, the faculty of pain and the faculty of displeasure, that feeling is to be seen as painful. Therein, monks, that which is the faculty of equanimity, that feeling is to be seen as neither painful nor pleasant. Thus, monks, these five faculties, being five, become three; being three, become five in due course. The Eighth. 9. The Discourse on the Simile of the Log. 509. "There are these five faculties, monks. Which five? The faculty of pleasure, the faculty of pain, the faculty of joy, the faculty of displeasure, the faculty of equanimity. Dependent on a pleasant feeling contact, monks, the faculty of pleasure arises. Being pleased, he understands: 'I am pleased.' With the cessation of that same pleasant feeling contact, he understands: 'That feeling, the faculty of pleasure that arose dependent on the pleasant feeling contact, ceases; it subsides.' Dependent on a painful feeling contact, monks, the faculty of pain arises. Being pained, he understands: 'I am pained.' With the cessation of that same painful feeling contact, he understands: 'That feeling, the faculty of pain that arose dependent on the painful feeling contact, ceases; it subsides.' Dependent on a joyful feeling contact, monks, the faculty of joy arises. Being joyful, he understands: 'I am joyful.' With the cessation of that same joyful feeling contact, he understands: 'That feeling, the faculty of joy that arose dependent on the joyful feeling contact... that which ceases, that is calmed,’ he understands. “Monks, dependent on a contact that is felt as displeasure, the faculty of displeasure arises. Being displeased, he understands, ‘I am displeased.’ With the cessation of that contact felt as displeasure, ‘that associated feeling,