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Iddhādidesanāsutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 51।19

Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.19

Linked Discourses 51.19
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2। पासादकम्पनवग्गpā·sā·da·kam·pa·na·vag·ga

2. Pāsādakampanavagga

2. Shaking the Stilt Longhouse
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इद्धादिदेसनासुत्तid·dhā·di·de·sa·nā·sut·ta

Iddhādidesanāsutta

A Teaching on Psychic Power, Etc.
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“इद्धिंid·dhiṃ वो,vo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve देसेस्सामिde·ses·sā·mi इद्धिपादञ्चid·dhi·pā·dañ·ca इद्धिपादभावनञ्चid·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nañ·ca इद्धिपादभावनागामिनिञ्चid·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā·gā·mi·niñ·ca पटिपदं।pa·ṭi·pa·daṃ

“Iddhiṁ vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi iddhipādañca iddhipādabhāvanañca iddhipādabhāvanāgāminiñca paṭipadaṁ.

“Mendicants, I will teach you psychic power, the bases of psychic power, the development of the bases of psychic power, and the practice that leads to the development of the bases of psychic power.
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तंtaṃ सुणाथ।su·ṇā·tha

Taṁ suṇātha.

Listen …
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कतमाka·ta·mā च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इद्धि?id·dhi

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, iddhi?

And what is psychic power?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu अनेकविहितंa·ne·ka·vi·hi·taṃ इद्धिविधंid·dhi·vi·dhaṃ पच्चनुभोति—एकोपिpac·ca·nu·bho·ti हुत्वाhut·vā बहुधाba·hu·dhā होति,ho·ti बहुधापिba·hu·dhā·pi हुत्वाhut·vā एकोe·ko होतिho·ti …पे…pe यावyā·va ब्रह्मलोकापिbrah·ma·lo·kā·pi कायेनkā·ye·na वसंva·saṃ वत्तेति—vat·te·ti

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhāpi hutvā eko hoti …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteti—

It’s when a mendicant wields the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying themselves and becoming one again … controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चति,vuc·ca·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इद्धि।id·dhi

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, iddhi.

This is called psychic power.
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कतमोka·ta·mo च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इद्धिपादो?id·dhi·pā·do

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, iddhipādo?

And what is the basis of psychic power?
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योyo सो,so भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve मग्गोmag·go याyā पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā इद्धिलाभायid·dhi·lā·bhā·ya इद्धिपटिलाभायid·dhi·pa·ṭi·lā·bhā·ya संवत्तति—saṃ·vat·ta·ti

Yo so, bhikkhave, maggo yā paṭipadā iddhilābhāya iddhipaṭilābhāya saṁvattati—

The path and practice that leads to gaining psychic power.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चति,vuc·ca·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इद्धिपादो।id·dhi·pā·do

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, iddhipādo.

This is called the basis of psychic power.
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कतमाka·ta·mā च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इद्धिपादभावना?id·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, iddhipādabhāvanā?

And what is the development of the bases of psychic power?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu छन्दसमाधिप्पधानसङ्खारसमन्नागतंchan·da·sa·mā·dhip·pa·dhā·na·saṅ·khā·ra·sa·man·nā·ga·taṃ इद्धिपादंid·dhi·pā·daṃ भावेति,bhā·ve·ti

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti,

It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm …
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वीरियसमाधिvī·ri·ya·sa·mā·dhi …पे…pe

vīriyasamādhi …pe…

energy …
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चित्तसमाधिcit·ta·sa·mā·dhi …

cittasamādhi …

mental development …
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वीमंसासमाधिप्पधानसङ्खारसमन्नागतंvī·maṃ·sā·sa·mā·dhip·pa·dhā·na·saṅ·khā·ra·sa·man·nā·ga·taṃ इद्धिपादंid·dhi·pā·daṃ भावेति—bhā·ve·ti

vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti—

inquiry, and active effort.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चति,vuc·ca·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इद्धिपादभावना।id·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, iddhipādabhāvanā.

This is called the development of the bases of psychic power.
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कतमाka·ta·mā च,ca भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इद्धिपादभावनागामिनीid·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा?pa·ṭi·pa·dā

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, iddhipādabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā?

And what is the practice that leads to the development of the bases of psychic power?
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अयमेवa·ya·me·va अरियोa·ri·yo अट्ठङ्गिकोaṭ·ṭhaṅ·gi·ko मग्गो,mag·go सेय्यथिदं—sey·ya·thi·daṃ

Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ—

It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
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सम्मादिट्ठि,sam·mā·diṭ·ṭhi सम्मासङ्कप्पो,sam·mā·saṅ·kap·po सम्मावाचा,sam·mā·vā·cā सम्माकम्मन्तो,sam·mā·kam·man·to सम्माआजीवो,sam·mā·ā·jī·vo सम्मावायामो,sam·mā·vā·yā·mo सम्मासति,sam·mā·sa·ti सम्मासमाधि—sam·mā·sa·mā·dhi

sammādiṭṭhi, sammāsaṅkappo, sammāvācā, sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi—

right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चति,vuc·ca·ti भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve इद्धिपादभावनागामिनीid·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा”ति।pa·ṭi·pa·dā

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, iddhipādabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā”ti.

This is called the practice that leads to the development of the bases of psychic power.”
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नवमं।na·va·maṃ

Navamaṁ.

(Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.