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Paṭhamaānandasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 51।27

Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.27

Linked Discourses 51.27
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3। अयोगुळवग्गa·yo·gu·ḷa·vag·ga

3. Ayoguḷavagga

3. The Iron Ball
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पठमआनन्दसुत्तpa·ṭha·ma·ā·nan·da·sut·ta

Paṭhamaānandasutta

With Ānanda (1st)
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā आनन्दोā·nan·do येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ अभिवादेत्वाa·bhi·vā·det·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसीदि।ni·sī·di एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नोni·sin·no खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā आनन्दोā·nan·do भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
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“कतमाka·ta·mā नुnu खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te इद्धि,id·dhi कतमोka·ta·mo इद्धिपादो,id·dhi·pā·do कतमाka·ta·mā इद्धिपादभावना,id·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā कतमाka·ta·mā इद्धिपादभावनागामिनीid·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा”ति?pa·ṭi·pa·dā

“Katamā nu kho, bhante, iddhi, katamo iddhipādo, katamā iddhipādabhāvanā, katamā iddhipādabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā”ti?

“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?”
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“इधानन्द,i·dhā·nan·da 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

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

“Ānanda, 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.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चतानन्द,vuc·ca·tā·nan·da इद्धि।id·dhi

ayaṁ vuccatānanda, iddhi.

This is called psychic power.
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कतमोka·ta·mo चानन्द,cā·nan·da इद्धिपादो?id·dhi·pā·do

Katamo cānanda, iddhipādo?

And what is the basis of psychic power?
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यो,yo आनन्द,ā·nan·da 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, ānanda, maggo yā paṭipadā iddhilābhāya iddhipaṭilābhāya saṁvattati—

The path and practice that leads to gaining psychic power.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चतानन्द,vuc·ca·tā·nan·da इद्धिपादो।id·dhi·pā·do

ayaṁ vuccatānanda, iddhipādo.

This is called the basis of psychic power.
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कतमाka·ta·mā चानन्द,cā·nan·da इद्धिपादभावना?id·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā

Katamā cānanda, iddhipādabhāvanā?

And what is the development of the bases of psychic power?
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इधानन्द,i·dhā·nan·da 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

Idhānanda, 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 वुच्चतानन्द,vuc·ca·tā·nan·da इद्धिपादभावना।id·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā

ayaṁ vuccatānanda, iddhipādabhāvanā.

This is called the development of the bases of psychic power.
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कतमाka·ta·mā चानन्द,cā·nan·da इद्धिपादभावनागामिनीid·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा?pa·ṭi·pa·dā

Katamā cānanda, 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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सम्मादिट्ठिsam·mā·diṭ·ṭhi …पे…pe सम्मासमाधि—sam·mā·sa·mā·dhi

sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi—

right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
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अयंa·yaṃ वुच्चतानन्द,vuc·ca·tā·nan·da इद्धिपादभावनागामिनीid·dhi·pā·da·bhā·va·nā·gā·mi·nī पटिपदा”ति।pa·ṭi·pa·dā

ayaṁ vuccatānanda, iddhipādabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā”ti.

This is called the practice that leads to the development of the bases of psychic power.”
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सत्तमं।sat·ta·maṃ

Sattamaṁ.

(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.