{"id":"an9.83","title":"Weaknesses in Training and the Bases of Psychic Power","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an9.83","title":"Weaknesses in Training and the Bases of Psychic Power","units":[{"id":"an9.83:0","sourceIds":["an9.83:0.1","an9.83:0.2","an9.83:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.83\n9. Iddhipādavagga\nSikkhasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 9.83\n9. Bases of Psychic Power\nWeaknesses in Training and the Bases of Psychic Power"}},{"id":"an9.83:1","sourceIds":["an9.83:1.1","an9.83:1.2","an9.83:1.3","an9.83:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, sikkhādubbalyāni.\nKatamāni pañca?\nPāṇātipāto …pe… surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānaṁ—\nimāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca sikkhādubbalyāni.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these five weaknesses when you’re training.\nWhat five?\nKilling living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.\nThese are the five weaknesses when you’re training."}},{"id":"an9.83:2","sourceIds":["an9.83:2.1","an9.83:2.2","an9.83:2.3","an9.83:2.4","an9.83:2.5","an9.83:2.6","an9.83:2.7","an9.83:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sikkhādubbalyānaṁ pahānāya cattāro iddhipādā bhāvetabbā.\nKatame cattāro?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti,\nvīriyasamādhi …\ncittasamādhi …\nvīmaṁsāsamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti.\nImesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sikkhādubbalyānaṁ pahānāya ime cattāro iddhipādā bhāvetabbā”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"To give up these five weaknesses in your training you should develop the four bases of psychic power.\nWhat four?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort.\nThey develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy, and active effort.\nThey develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to mental development, and active effort.\nThey develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to inquiry, and active effort.\nTo give up these five weaknesses in your training you should develop these four bases of psychic power.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an9.83/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."}