Bodhipakkhiya: Panca Indriya versus Panca Bala

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You use the faculty (Indriya) to exert the strength (Bala). Say you are a person generally strong in saddha you can use this fact to apply saddha for your spiritual development.

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Maurice Walshe's note in his "Long Discourses" says:

"[note 1150]..These five β€˜faculties’ (faith, etc. as 6 (vi)) become powers (i.e. unshakeable by their opposites) from First Path (Stream Entry) onwards.."

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