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A Mendicant

Bhikkhusutta

Whatever mendicants realize perfection do so by developing the four bases of psychic power.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.7Linked Discourses 51.7
  • 0.21. Cāpālavagga1. At the Cāpāla Shrine

0.3BhikkhusuttaA Mendicant

1.1PTS 5.257“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ bhikkhū āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihariṁsu, sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.“Mendicants, all the mendicants in the past …1.2Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ bhikkhū āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissanti, sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.future …1.3Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi bhikkhū āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharanti, sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.present who realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and who live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements, do so by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power.

2.1Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?What four?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti,It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm …2.3vīriyasamādhi …pe…energy …2.4cittasamādhi …pe…mental development …2.5vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti.inquiry, and active effort.2.6Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ bhikkhū āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihariṁsu sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.All the mendicants in the past …2.7Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ bhikkhū āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissanti, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.future …2.8Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi bhikkhū āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharanti, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā”ti.present who realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and who live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements, do so by developing and cultivating these four bases of psychic power.”

2.9Sattamaṁ.