{"id":"sn51.12","title":"Very Fruitful","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn51.12","title":"Very Fruitful","units":[{"id":"sn51.12:0","sourceIds":["sn51.12:0.1","sn51.12:0.2","sn51.12:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.12\n2. Pāsādakampanavagga\nMahapphalasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 51.12\n2. Shaking the Stilt Longhouse\nVery Fruitful"}},{"id":"sn51.12:1","sourceIds":["sn51.12:1.1","sn51.12:1.2","sn51.12:1.3","sn51.12:1.4","sn51.12:1.5","sn51.12:1.6","sn51.12:1.7","sn51.12:1.8","sn51.12:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārome, bhikkhave, iddhipādā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā.\nKathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, cattāro iddhipādā kathaṁ bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti—\niti me chando na ca atilīno bhavissati, na ca atippaggahito bhavissati, na ca ajjhattaṁ saṅkhitto bhavissati, na ca bahiddhā vikkhitto bhavissati.\nPacchāpuresaññī ca viharati—\nyathā pure tathā pacchā, yathā pacchā tathā pure;\nyathā adho tathā uddhaṁ, yathā uddhaṁ tathā adho;\nyathā divā tathā rattiṁ, yathā rattiṁ tathā divā.\nIti vivaṭena cetasā apariyonaddhena sappabhāsaṁ cittaṁ bhāveti.","en":"“Mendicants, when the four bases of psychic power are developed and cultivated they’re very fruitful and beneficial.\nHow so?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort.\nThey think: ‘My enthusiasm won’t be too lax or too tense. And it’ll be neither constricted internally nor scattered externally.’\nAnd they meditate perceiving before and behind:\nas before, so behind; as behind, so before;\nas below, so above; as above, so below;\nas by day, so by night; as by night, so by day.\nAnd so, with an open and unenveloped heart, they develop a mind that’s full of radiance."}},{"id":"sn51.12:2","sourceIds":["sn51.12:2.1","sn51.12:2.2","sn51.12:2.3","sn51.12:2.4","sn51.12:2.5","sn51.12:2.6","sn51.12:2.7","sn51.12:2.8","sn51.12:2.9","sn51.12:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vīriyasamādhi …pe…\ncittasamādhi …\nvīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti—\niti me vīmaṁsā na ca atilīnā bhavissati, na ca atippaggahitā bhavissati, na ca ajjhattaṁ saṅkhittā bhavissati, na ca bahiddhā vikkhittā bhavissati.\nPacchāpuresaññī ca viharati—\nyathā pure tathā pacchā, yathā pacchā tathā pure;\nyathā adho tathā uddhaṁ, yathā uddhaṁ tathā adho;\nyathā divā tathā rattiṁ, yathā rattiṁ tathā divā.\nIti vivaṭena cetasā apariyonaddhena sappabhāsaṁ cittaṁ bhāveti.\nEvaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, cattāro iddhipādā evaṁ bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā.","en":"They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy …\nmental development …\ninquiry, and active effort.\nThey think: ‘My inquiry won’t be too lax or too tense. And it’ll be neither constricted internally nor scattered externally.’\nAnd they meditate perceiving before and behind:\nas before, so behind; as behind, so before;\nas below, so above; as above, so below;\nas by day, so by night; as by night, so by day.\nAnd so, with an open and unenveloped heart, they develop a mind that’s full of radiance.\nWhen the four bases of psychic power have been developed and cultivated in this way they’re very fruitful and beneficial."}},{"id":"sn51.12:3","sourceIds":["sn51.12:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ bhāvitesu kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu catūsu iddhipādesu evaṁ bahulīkatesu anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteti …pe….","en":"When the four bases of psychic power have been developed and cultivated in this way, a mendicant wields the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying themselves and becoming one again … controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity. …"}},{"id":"sn51.12:4","sourceIds":["sn51.12:4.1","sn51.12:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ bhāvitesu kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu catūsu iddhipādesu evaṁ bahulīkatesu, āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"When the four bases of psychic power have been developed and cultivated in this way, they realize 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.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn51.12/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}