28 – The Five Defenders of freedom
There are these five faculties: faith, energy, mindfulness, collectedness, wisdom.
~ Gotama (the Buddha)
The five faculties are interdependent: confidence inspires energy; energy supports mindfulness; mindfulness steadies concentration; concentration allows wisdom to arise; wisdom in turn strengthens confidence.
Bikkhu Bodhi
Episode 28 – The twin Islands of ‘Potential’ and ‘Strength’
An AI generated ‘deep dive’ into this aspect of the RAFT to Freedom