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Weaknesses in Training and the Bases of Psychic Power

Sikkhasutta

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.83Numbered Discourses 9.83
  • 0.29. Iddhipādavagga9. Bases of Psychic Power

0.3SikkhasuttaWeaknesses in Training and the Bases of Psychic Power

1.1“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, sikkhādubbalyāni.“Mendicants, there are these five weaknesses when you’re training.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Pāṇātipāto …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānaṁ—Killing living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca sikkhādubbalyāni.These are the five weaknesses when you’re training.

2.1PTS 4.464Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sikkhādubbalyānaṁ pahānāya cattāro iddhipādā bhāvetabbā.To give up these five weaknesses in your training you should develop the four bases of psychic power.2.2Katame cattāro?What four?2.3Idha, 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.2.4vīriyasamādhi …They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy, and active effort.2.5cittasamādhi …They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to mental development, and active effort.2.6vīmaṁsāsamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti.They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to inquiry, and active effort.2.7Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sikkhādubbalyānaṁ pahānāya ime cattāro iddhipādā bhāvetabbā”ti.To give up these five weaknesses in your training you should develop these four bases of psychic power.”

2.8Paṭhamaṁ.