- 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.12Linked Discourses 51.12
- 0.22. Pāsādakampanavagga2. Shaking the Stilt Longhouse
0.3MahapphalasuttaVery Fruitful
1.1PTS 5.267“Cattārome, bhikkhave, iddhipādā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā.“Mendicants, when the four bases of psychic power are developed and cultivated they’re very fruitful and beneficial.1.2Kathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, cattāro iddhipādā kathaṁ bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā?How so?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti—It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort.1.4iti me chando na ca atilīno bhavissati, na ca atippaggahito bhavissati, na ca ajjhattaṁ saṅkhitto bhavissati, na ca bahiddhā vikkhitto bhavissati.They think: ‘My enthusiasm won’t be too lax or too tense. And it’ll be neither constricted internally nor scattered externally.’1.5Pacchāpuresaññī ca viharati—And they meditate perceiving before and behind:1.6yathā pure tathā pacchā, yathā pacchā tathā pure;as before, so behind; as behind, so before;1.7yathā adho tathā uddhaṁ, yathā uddhaṁ tathā adho;as below, so above; as above, so below;1.8yathā divā tathā rattiṁ, yathā rattiṁ tathā divā.as by day, so by night; as by night, so by day.1.9Iti vivaṭena cetasā apariyonaddhena sappabhāsaṁ cittaṁ bhāveti.And so, with an open and unenveloped heart, they develop a mind that’s full of radiance.
2.1Vīriyasamādhi …pe…They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy …2.2cittasamādhi …mental development …2.3vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti—inquiry, and active effort.2.4iti me vīmaṁsā na ca atilīnā bhavissati, na ca atippaggahitā bhavissati, na ca ajjhattaṁ saṅkhittā bhavissati, na ca bahiddhā vikkhittā bhavissati.They think: ‘My inquiry won’t be too lax or too tense. And it’ll be neither constricted internally nor scattered externally.’2.5Pacchāpuresaññī ca viharati—And they meditate perceiving before and behind:2.6yathā pure tathā pacchā, yathā pacchā tathā pure;as before, so behind; as behind, so before;2.7yathā adho tathā uddhaṁ, yathā uddhaṁ tathā adho;as below, so above; as above, so below;2.8yathā divā tathā rattiṁ, yathā rattiṁ tathā divā.as by day, so by night; as by night, so by day.2.9Iti vivaṭena cetasā apariyonaddhena sappabhāsaṁ cittaṁ bhāveti.And so, with an open and unenveloped heart, they develop a mind that’s full of radiance.2.10Evaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, cattāro iddhipādā evaṁ bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā.When the four bases of psychic power have been developed and cultivated in this way they’re very fruitful and beneficial.
3.1Evaṁ bhāvitesu kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu catūsu iddhipādesu evaṁ bahulīkatesu anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteti …pe….When the four bases of psychic power have been developed and cultivated in this way, a mendicant wields the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying themselves and becoming one again … controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity. …
4.1PTS 5.268Evaṁ bhāvitesu kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu catūsu iddhipādesu evaṁ bahulīkatesu, āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.When the four bases of psychic power have been developed and cultivated in this way, they realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.”
4.2Dutiyaṁ.