1 "Dvemāni, bhikkhave, balāni. Katamāni dve? Paṭisankhānabalañca bhāvanābalañca. Katamañca, bhikkhave, paṭisankhānabalaṃ? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco iti paṭisañcikkhati:  ‘kāyaduccaritassa kho pāpako vipāko diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañca, vacīduccaritassa pāpako vipāko diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañca, manoduccaritassa pāpako vipāko diṭṭhe ceva dhamme abhisamparāyañcā’ti. So iti paṭisankhāya kāyaduccaritaṃ pahāya kāyasucaritaṃ bhāveti, vacīduccaritaṃ pahāya vacīsucaritaṃ bhāveti, manoduccaritaṃ pahāya manosucaritaṃ bhāveti, suddhaṃ attānaṃ pariharati. Idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, paṭisankhānabalaṃ.

2 Katamañca, bhikkhave, bhāvanābalaṃ. Tatra, bhikkhave, yamidaṃ bhāvanābalaṃ sekhānametaṃ balaṃ. Sekhañhi so, bhikkhave, balaṃ āgamma rāgaṃ pajahati, dosaṃ pajahati, mohaṃ pajahati. Rāgaṃ pahāya, dosaṃ pahāya, mohaṃ pahāya yaṃ akusalaṃ na taṃ karoti, yaṃ pāpaṃ na taṃ sevati. Idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhāvanābalaṃ. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dve balānī"ti.