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Paṭhamabhikkhusutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 51।29

Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.29

Linked Discourses 51.29
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3। अयोगुळवग्गa·yo·gu·ḷa·vag·ga

3. Ayoguḷavagga

3. The Iron Ball
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पठमभिक्खुसुत्तpa·ṭha·ma·bhik·khu·sut·ta

Paṭhamabhikkhusutta

Several Mendicants (1st)
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अथa·tha खोkho सम्बहुलाsam·ba·hu·lā भिक्खूbhik·khū येनye·na भगवाbha·ga·vā तेनुपसङ्कमिंसु;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·miṃ·su उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ अभिवादेत्वाa·bhi·vā·det·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसीदिंसु।ni·sī·diṃ·su एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नाni·sin·nā खोkho तेte भिक्खूbhik·khū भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोचुं:e·ta·da·vo·cuṃ

Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:

Then several mendicants 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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“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 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 …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteti—

“Mendicants, 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 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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यो,yo भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve मग्गो,mag·go याyā पटिपदाpa·ṭi·pa·dā इद्धिलाभायid·dhi·lā·bhā·ya इद्धिपटिलाभायid·dhi·pa·ṭi·lā·bhā·ya संवत्तति—saṃ·vat·ta·ti

Yo, 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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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 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.