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Bases of Psychic Power (2nd)

Dutiyaiddhipādasutta

The Buddha developed the bases for psychic power, which lead to his awakening.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.68Numbered Discourses 5.68
  • 0.27. Saññāvagga7. Perceptions

0.3DutiyaiddhipādasuttaBases of Psychic Power (2nd)

1.1“Pubbevāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sambodhā anabhisambuddho bodhisattova samāno pañca dhamme bhāvesiṁ, pañca dhamme bahulīkāsiṁ.“Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still not awake but intent on awakening—I developed and cultivated five things.1.2Katame pañca?What five?

1.3Chandasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāvesiṁ,The basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort …1.4vīriyasamādhi …the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy, and active effort …1.5cittasamādhi …the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to mental development, and active effort …1.6vīmaṁsāsamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāvesiṁ,the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to inquiry, and active effort.1.7ussoḷhiññeva pañcamiṁ.And the fifth is sheer vigor.

1.8So kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ ussoḷhipañcamānaṁ dhammānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā yassa yassa abhiññāsacchikaraṇīyassa dhammassa cittaṁ abhininnāmesiṁ abhiññāsacchikiriyāya,When I had developed and cultivated these five things, with vigor as fifth,1.9tatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇiṁ sati sati āyatane.I extended the mind to realize by insight each and every thing that can be realized by insight; and I was capable of realizing those things, since each and every one was within range.

2.1So sace ākaṅkhiṁ: ‘anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhaveyyaṁ …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteyyan’ti,If I wished: ‘May I multiply myself and become one again … controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.’2.2tatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇiṁ sati sati āyatane.I was capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.

3.1PTS 3.83So sace ākaṅkhiṁ …pe… ‘āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyan’ti,If I wished: … ‘May I realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’3.2tatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇiṁ sati sati āyatane”ti.I was capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.”

3.3Aṭṭhamaṁ.