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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 51.29 Linked Discourses 51.29
3. Ayoguįø·avagga 3. The Iron Ball
Paį¹hamabhikkhusutta Several Mendicants (1st)
Atha kho sambahulÄ bhikkhÅ« yena bhagavÄ tenupasaį¹
kamiį¹su; upasaį¹
kamitvÄ bhagavantaį¹ abhivÄdetvÄ ekamantaį¹ nisÄ«diį¹su. Ekamantaį¹ nisinnÄ kho te bhikkhÅ« bhagavantaį¹ etadavocuį¹: Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
ākatamÄ nu kho, bhante, iddhi, katamo iddhipÄdo, katamÄ iddhipÄdabhÄvanÄ, katamÄ iddhipÄdabhÄvanÄgÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄāti? āSir, what is psychic power? What is the basis of psychic power? What is the development of the bases of psychic power? And what is the practice that leads to the development of the bases of psychic power?ā
āIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anekavihitaį¹ iddhividhaį¹ paccanubhotiāekopi hutvÄ bahudhÄ hoti ā¦peā¦ yÄva brahmalokÄpi kÄyena vasaį¹ vattetiāāMendicants, take a mendicant who wields the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying themselves and becoming one again ā¦ controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.
ayaį¹ vuccati, bhikkhave, iddhi. This is called psychic power.
Katamo ca, bhikkhave, iddhipÄdo? And what is the basis of psychic power?
Yo, bhikkhave, maggo, yÄ paį¹ipadÄ iddhilÄbhÄya iddhipaį¹ilÄbhÄya saį¹vattatiāThe path and practice that leads to gaining psychic power.
ayaį¹ vuccati, bhikkhave, iddhipÄdo. This is called the basis of psychic power.
KatamÄ ca, bhikkhave, iddhipÄdabhÄvanÄ? And what is the development of the bases of psychic power?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamÄdhippadhÄnasaį¹
khÄrasamannÄgataį¹ iddhipÄdaį¹ bhÄveti, Itās when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm ā¦
vÄ«riyasamÄdhi ā¦peā¦ energy ā¦
cittasamÄdhi ā¦ mental development ā¦
vÄ«maį¹sÄsamÄdhippadhÄnasaį¹
khÄrasamannÄgataį¹ iddhipÄdaį¹ bhÄvetiāinquiry, and active effort.
ayaį¹ vuccati, bhikkhave, iddhipÄdabhÄvanÄ. This is called the development of the bases of psychic power.
KatamÄ ca, bhikkhave, iddhipÄdabhÄvanÄgÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄ? And what is the practice that leads to the development of the bases of psychic power?
Ayameva ariyo aį¹į¹haį¹
giko maggo, seyyathidaį¹āIt is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
sammÄdiį¹į¹hi ā¦peā¦ sammÄsamÄdhiāright view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
ayaį¹ vuccati, bhikkhave, iddhipÄdabhÄvanÄgÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄāti. This is called the practice that leads to the development of the bases of psychic power.ā
Navamaį¹.