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AN 4.276PTS AN 2.256Iddhipāda1 min read

Bases of Psychic Power

Iddhipādasutta

Develop insight into greed through the four bases of psychic power.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.276Numbered Discourses 4.276
  • 0.228. Rāgapeyyāla28. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

0.3IddhipādasuttaBases of Psychic Power

1.1“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā.“For insight into greed, four things should be developed.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti;It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort.1.4vīriyasamādhi …pe…They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy …1.5cittasamādhi …pe…mental development …1.6vīmaṁsāsamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti.inquiry, and active effort.1.7Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.For insight into greed, these four things should be developed.”

1.8Tatiyaṁ.