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? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhangaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vosaggapariṇāmiṃ, dhammavicayasambojjhangaṃ bhāveti … vīriyasambojjhangaṃ bhāveti … pītisambojjhangaṃ bhāveti … passaddhisambojjhangaṃ bhāveti … samādhisambojjhangaṃ bhāveti … upekkhāsambojjhangaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vosaggapariṇāmiṃ. Idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhāvanābalaṃ. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dve balānī"ti.