{"id":"sn51.29","title":"Several Mendicants (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn51.29","title":"Several Mendicants (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn51.29:0","sourceIds":["sn51.29:0.1","sn51.29:0.2","sn51.29:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.29\n3. Ayoguḷavagga\nPaṭhamabhikkhusutta","en":"Linked Discourses 51.29\n3. The Iron Ball\nSeveral Mendicants (1st)"}},{"id":"sn51.29:1","sourceIds":["sn51.29:1.1","sn51.29:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“katamā nu kho, bhante, iddhi, katamo iddhipādo, katamā iddhipādabhāvanā, katamā iddhipādabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā”ti?","en":"Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:\n“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?”"}},{"id":"sn51.29:2","sourceIds":["sn51.29:2.1","sn51.29:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteti—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, iddhi.","en":"“Mendicants, 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":"sn51.29:3","sourceIds":["sn51.29:3.1","sn51.29:3.2","sn51.29:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, iddhipādo?\nYo, bhikkhave, maggo, yā paṭipadā iddhilābhāya iddhipaṭilābhāya saṁvattati—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, 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":"sn51.29:4","sourceIds":["sn51.29:4.1","sn51.29:4.2","sn51.29:4.3","sn51.29:4.4","sn51.29:4.5","sn51.29:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, iddhipādabhāvanā?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti,\nvīriyasamādhi …pe…\ncittasamādhi …\nvīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, 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":"sn51.29:5","sourceIds":["sn51.29:5.1","sn51.29:5.2","sn51.29:5.3","sn51.29:5.4","sn51.29:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, iddhipādabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā?\nAyameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ—\nsammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi—\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, iddhipādabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","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/sn51.29/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."}