• Linked Discourses 51.5 Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.5
  • 1. At the Cāpāla Shrine 1. Cāpālavagga

Partly Iddhipadesasutta

ā€œMendicants, all the ascetics and brahmins in the past who have partly manifested psychic powers have done so by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power. ā€œYe hi keci, bhikkhave, atÄ«tamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā iddhipadesaṁ abhinipphādesuṁ sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulÄ«katattā. All the ascetics and brahmins in the future who will partly manifest psychic powers will do so by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā iddhipadesaṁ abhinipphādessanti sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulÄ«katattā. All the ascetics and brahmins in the present who are partly manifesting psychic powers do so by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā iddhipadesaṁ abhinipphādenti sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulÄ«katattā.

What four? Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm … Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaį¹…khārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti, energy … vÄ«riyasamādhi …pe… mental development … cittasamādhi …pe… inquiry, and active effort. vÄ«maṁsāsamādhippadhānasaį¹…khārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti. All the ascetics and brahmins in the past who have partly manifested psychic powers have done so by developing and cultivating these four bases of psychic power. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atÄ«tamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā iddhipadesaṁ abhinipphādesuṁ, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulÄ«katattā. All the ascetics and brahmins in the future who will partly manifest psychic powers will do so by developing and cultivating these four bases of psychic power. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā iddhipadesaṁ abhinipphādessanti, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulÄ«katattā. All the ascetics and brahmins in the present who are partly manifesting psychic powers do so by developing and cultivating these four bases of psychic power.ā€ Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā iddhipadesaṁ abhinipphādenti, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulÄ«katattÄā€ti.

Pañcamaṁ.