{"id":"sn51.31","title":"About Moggallāna","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn51.31","title":"About Moggallāna","units":[{"id":"sn51.31:0","sourceIds":["sn51.31:0.1","sn51.31:0.2","sn51.31:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.31\n3. Ayoguḷavagga\nMoggallānasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 51.31\n3. The Iron Ball\nAbout Moggallāna"}},{"id":"sn51.31:1","sourceIds":["sn51.31:1.1","sn51.31:1.2","sn51.31:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamesaṁ dhammānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā moggallāno bhikkhu evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvo”ti?","en":"There the Buddha addressed the mendicants:\n“What do you think, mendicants?\nWhat things has the mendicant Moggallāna developed and cultivated so as to have such power and might?”"}},{"id":"sn51.31:2","sourceIds":["sn51.31:2.1","sn51.31:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā bhagavaṁnettikā …pe…\n“catunnaṁ kho, bhikkhave, iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā moggallāno bhikkhu evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvo.","en":"“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. He is our guide and our refuge. …”\n“The mendicant Moggallāna has become so powerful and mighty by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power."}},{"id":"sn51.31:3","sourceIds":["sn51.31:3.1","sn51.31:3.2","sn51.31:3.3","sn51.31:3.4","sn51.31:3.5","sn51.31:3.6","sn51.31:3.7","sn51.31:3.8","sn51.31:3.9","sn51.31:3.10","sn51.31:3.11","sn51.31:3.12","sn51.31:3.13","sn51.31:3.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, moggallāno 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.\nVīriyasamādhi …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 …pe…\niti vivaṭena cetasā apariyonaddhena sappabhāsaṁ cittaṁ bhāveti.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā moggallāno bhikkhu evaṁmahiddhiko evaṁmahānubhāvo.","en":"What four?\nMoggallāna develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort.\nHe thinks: ‘My enthusiasm won’t be too lax or too tense. And it’ll be neither constricted internally nor scattered externally.’\nAnd he meditates 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, he develops a mind that’s full of radiance.\nHe develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy …\nmental development …\ninquiry, and active effort.\nHe thinks: ‘My inquiry won’t be too lax or too tense. And it’ll be neither constricted internally nor scattered externally.’ …\nAnd so, with an open and unenveloped heart, he develops a mind that’s full of radiance.\nThe mendicant Moggallāna has become so powerful and mighty by developing and cultivating these four bases of psychic power."}},{"id":"sn51.31:4","sourceIds":["sn51.31:4.1","sn51.31:4.2","sn51.31:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imesañca pana, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā moggallāno bhikkhu evaṁ anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhāpi hutvā eko hoti …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteti.\nImesañca pana, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā moggallāno bhikkhu āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.\nEkādasamaṁ.","en":"And by developing and cultivating these four bases of psychic power, the mendicant Moggallāna wields the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying himself and becoming one again … controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.\nAnd by developing and cultivating these four bases of psychic power, the mendicant Moggallāna realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And he lives having realized it with his own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn51.31/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."}