an.2.12 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)
12
“There are, mendicants, these two powers.
What two?
The power of reflection and the power of development.
And what, mendicants, is the power of reflection?
It’s when someone reflects:
‘Bad conduct of body, speech, or mind has a bad, painful result in both this life and the next.’
Reflecting like this, they give up bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and develop good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, keeping themselves pure.
This is called the power of reflection.
And what, mendicants, is the power of development?
It’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness,
investigation of principles,
energy,
rapture,
tranquility,
immersion,
and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
This is called the power of development.
These are the two powers.”
“There are, mendicants, these two powers.
What two?
The power of reflection and the power of development.
And what, mendicants, is the power of reflection?
It’s when someone reflects:
‘Bad conduct of body, speech, or mind has a bad, painful result in both this life and the next.’
Reflecting like this, they give up bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, and develop good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, keeping themselves pure.
This is called the power of reflection.
And what, mendicants, is the power of development?
It’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness,
investigation of principles,
energy,
rapture,
tranquility,
immersion,
and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
This is called the power of development.
These are the two powers.”