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Linked Discourses · SN 51.8

  • Linked Discourses 51.8Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.8
  • 1. At the Cāpāla Shrine1. Cāpālavagga

AwakenedBuddhasutta

“Mendicants, there are these four bases of psychic power.“Cattārome, bhikkhave, iddhipādā. What four?Katame cattāro? It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm …Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti, energy …vīriyasamādhi …pe… mental development …cittasamādhi …pe… inquiry, and active effort.vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti. These are the four bases of psychic power.Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro iddhipādā. It is because he has developed and cultivated these four bases of psychic power that the Realized One is called ‘the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha’.”Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā tathāgato ‘arahaṁ sammāsambuddho’ti vuccatī”ti.

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  1. SN 51.25 Fruits (1st) 0.75near 0.1Linked Discourses 51.25 3. The Iron Ball Fruits (1st) “Mendicants, there are these four bases of psychic power. What four? It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm ……
  2. SN 51.23 A Mendicant 0.73near 0.1Linked Discourses 51.23 3. The Iron Ball A Mendicant “Mendicants, there are these four bases of psychic power. What four? It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm … e…
  3. SN 51.24 Plain Version 0.73near 0.1Linked Discourses 51.24 3. The Iron Ball Plain Version “Mendicants, there are these four bases of psychic power. What four? It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm ……
  4. SN 51.1 From the Near Shore 0.71near 0.1Linked Discourses 51.1 1. At the Cāpāla Shrine From the Near Shore “Mendicants, when these four bases of psychic power are developed and cultivated they lead to going from the near shore to the far shore. What four? It’s…
  5. SN 51.7 A Mendicant 0.71near 0.1Linked Discourses 51.7 1. At the Cāpāla Shrine A Mendicant “Mendicants, all the mendicants in the past … future … present who realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and who live having realized it…