{"id":"sn51.27","title":"With Ānanda (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn51.27","title":"With Ānanda (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn51.27:0","sourceIds":["sn51.27:0.1","sn51.27:0.2","sn51.27:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.27\n3. Ayoguḷavagga\nPaṭhamaānandasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 51.27\n3. The Iron Ball\nWith Ānanda (1st)"}},{"id":"sn51.27:1","sourceIds":["sn51.27:1.1","sn51.27:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nAtha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThen Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:"}},{"id":"sn51.27:2","sourceIds":["sn51.27:2.1","sn51.27:2.2","sn51.27:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamā nu kho, bhante, iddhi, katamo iddhipādo, katamā iddhipādabhāvanā, katamā iddhipādabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā”ti?\n“Idhānanda, bhikkhu anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhāpi hutvā eko hoti …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteti—\nayaṁ vuccatānanda, iddhi.","en":"“Sir, 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?”\n“Ānanda, take a mendicant who wields the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying themselves and becoming one again … controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.\nThis is called psychic power."}},{"id":"sn51.27:3","sourceIds":["sn51.27:3.1","sn51.27:3.2","sn51.27:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo cānanda, iddhipādo?\nYo, ānanda, maggo yā paṭipadā iddhilābhāya iddhipaṭilābhāya saṁvattati—\nayaṁ vuccatānanda, iddhipādo.","en":"And what is the basis of psychic power?\nThe path and practice that leads to gaining psychic power.\nThis is called the basis of psychic power."}},{"id":"sn51.27:4","sourceIds":["sn51.27:4.1","sn51.27:4.2","sn51.27:4.3","sn51.27:4.4","sn51.27:4.5","sn51.27:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā cānanda, iddhipādabhāvanā?\nIdhānanda, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti,\nvīriyasamādhi …pe…\ncittasamādhi …\nvīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti—\nayaṁ vuccatānanda, iddhipādabhāvanā.","en":"And what is the development of the bases of psychic power?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm …\nenergy …\nmental development …\ninquiry, and active effort.\nThis is called the development of the bases of psychic power."}},{"id":"sn51.27:5","sourceIds":["sn51.27:5.1","sn51.27:5.2","sn51.27:5.3","sn51.27:5.4","sn51.27:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā cānanda, iddhipādabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā?\nAyameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ—\nsammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi—\nayaṁ vuccatānanda, iddhipādabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"And what is the practice that leads to the development of the bases of psychic power?\nIt is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:\nright view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.\nThis is called the practice that leads to the development of the bases of psychic power.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn51.27/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."}