{"id":"an5.68","title":"Bases of Psychic Power (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.68","title":"Bases of Psychic Power (2nd)","units":[{"id":"an5.68:0","sourceIds":["an5.68:0.1","an5.68:0.2","an5.68:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.68\n7. Saññāvagga\nDutiyaiddhipādasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.68\n7. Perceptions\nBases of Psychic Power (2nd)"}},{"id":"an5.68:1","sourceIds":["an5.68:1.1","an5.68:1.2","an5.68:1.3","an5.68:1.4","an5.68:1.5","an5.68:1.6","an5.68:1.7","an5.68:1.8","an5.68:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pubbevāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sambodhā anabhisambuddho bodhisattova samāno pañca dhamme bhāvesiṁ, pañca dhamme bahulīkāsiṁ.\nKatame pañca?\nChandasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāvesiṁ,\nvīriyasamādhi …\ncittasamādhi …\nvīmaṁsāsamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāvesiṁ,\nussoḷhiññeva pañcamiṁ.\nSo kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ ussoḷhipañcamānaṁ dhammānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā yassa yassa abhiññāsacchikaraṇīyassa dhammassa cittaṁ abhininnāmesiṁ abhiññāsacchikiriyāya,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇiṁ sati sati āyatane.","en":"“Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still not awake but intent on awakening—I developed and cultivated five things.\nWhat five?\nThe basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort …\nthe basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy, and active effort …\nthe basis of psychic power that has immersion due to mental development, and active effort …\nthe basis of psychic power that has immersion due to inquiry, and active effort.\nAnd the fifth is sheer vigor.\nWhen I had developed and cultivated these five things, with vigor as fifth,\nI extended the mind to realize by insight each and every thing that can be realized by insight; and I was capable of realizing those things, since each and every one was within range."}},{"id":"an5.68:2","sourceIds":["an5.68:2.1","an5.68:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhiṁ: ‘anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhaveyyaṁ …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇiṁ sati sati āyatane.","en":"If I wished: ‘May I multiply myself and become one again … controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.’\nI was capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range."}},{"id":"an5.68:3","sourceIds":["an5.68:3.1","an5.68:3.2","an5.68:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sace ākaṅkhiṁ …pe… ‘āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyan’ti,\ntatra tatreva sakkhibhabbataṁ pāpuṇiṁ sati sati āyatane”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"If I wished: … ‘May I realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’\nI was capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.68/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."}