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AN 5.11 · Ananussutasutta

Moonlight reflected in a still woodland pool beside fallen leaves and reeds.

“I claim to have attained perfection and consummation of insight regarding teachings not learned before from another. The Realized One has five powers of a Realized One. With these he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel. What five? The powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom. These are the five powers of a Realized One. With these he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.”

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Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato · SuttaCentral · CC0

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