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Sutta Piṭaka

Theravāda

1867SN 51.13Chandasamādhisutta 1868SN 51.14Moggallānasutta 1869SN 51.15Uṇṇābhabrāhmaṇasutta 1870SN 51.16Paṭhamasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta 1871SN 51.17Dutiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta 1872SN 51.18Bhikkhusutta 1873SN 51.19Iddhādidesanāsutta 1874SN 51.20Vibhaṅgasutta 1875SN 51.21Maggasutta 1876SN 51.22Ayoguḷasutta 1877SN 51.23Bhikkhusutta 1878SN 51.24Suddhikasutta 1879SN 51.25Paṭhamaphalasutta 1880SN 51.26Dutiyaphalasutta 1881SN 51.27Paṭhamaānandasutta 1882SN 51.28Dutiyaānandasutta 1883SN 51.29Paṭhamabhikkhusutta 1884SN 51.30Dutiyabhikkhusutta

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Sutta Piṭaka

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Bhikkhusutta

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

Bhikkhusutta

“Catunnaṁ, bhikkhave, iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā bhikkhu āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

A Mendicant

“Mendicants, by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power, a mendicant realizes 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.

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti, vīriyasamādhi …pe… cittasamādhi … vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā bhikkhu āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

What four? It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm … energy … mental development … inquiry, and active effort. By developing and cultivating these four bases of psychic power, a mendicant realizes 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.”

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Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)Original · Pāli

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund), as published by SuttaCentral. Public domain. · Source ↗

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Sutta Piṭaka, tr. Bhikkhu SujatoTranslation · English · Bhikkhu Sujato, 2018

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato. SuttaCentral, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). · Source ↗

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato (SuttaCentral), dedicated to the public domain via CC0. The translator respectfully requests that any use be in accordance with the values and principles of the Buddhist community. In particular, please do not use this work in AI training datasets, for the development of any AI model or algorithm, or in any AI-derived technologies.

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