BALA:
BUDDHIST term for power. In the PALI CANON there are five powers referred to as:
(1) faith, (2) energy, (3) mindfulness, (4) concentration, (5) wisdom. Other powers are
mentioned singularly, such as shame, or as members of groups. In the MAHYNA TRADITION
there is a list of ten powers which are the attributes of a BODHISATTVA: (1) a mind turned
from worldliness, (2) ever stronger faith, (3) disciplined exercises, (4) intuitive
reading of minds, (5) fulfilled PRAYER, (6) ability to work to the end of time, (7)
ability to create the means of SALVATION, (8) purification of world, (9) the awakening of
ENLIGHTENMENT, (10) the ability to utter a phrase with UNIVERSAL appeal.