This shows the meaning of the five patipakkha akusala dhamma coupled with their respective bala. The five dhamma that can counteract and dispel these akusala dhamma are called bala. Hence, at the present day, some persons can emerge out of the realm of tanha because of their strength in saddha-bala. They are rid of the attachments to paccaya amisa and worldly dignities and honours. But because they are weak in the other three bala, they are unable to practise kayagata-sati, or do the work of samatha and vipassana.
Some persons are strong in the first three bala and thus can rise up to the work of kayagata-sati.
They achieve concentration in out-breath, or in the bones of the body. But since they are deficient in the other two bala, they cannot rise up to the work of the jhana and vipassana. Some persons can rise up to the attainment of jhana samapatti because they are strong in the first four bala, but since they are weak in panna-bala, they cannot rise up to the work of vipassana. Some persons are strong in panna-bala. They are learned in the Dhamma and the Pitakas.