• Numbered Discourses 4.276 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 4.276
  • 28. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed 28. Rāgapeyyāla

Bases of Psychic Power Iddhipādasutta

ā€œFor insight into greed, four things should be developed. ā€œRāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiƱƱāya cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā. What four? Katame cattāro? It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhipadhānasaį¹…khārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti; They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy … vÄ«riyasamādhi …pe… mental development … cittasamādhi …pe… inquiry, and active effort. vÄ«maṁsāsamādhipadhānasaį¹…khārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti. For insight into greed, these four things should be developed.ā€ Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiƱƱāya ime cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbÄā€ti.

Tatiyaṁ.