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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN51: Connected Discourses on the Bases for Spiritual Power

SN51:4 Revulsion

1"Bhikkhus, these four bases for spiritual power, when developed and cultivated, lead to utter revulsion, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, to Nibbāna.


"What four? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops the basis for spiritual power that possesses concentration due to desire and volitional formations of striving.


He develops the basis for spiritual power that possesses concentration due to energy and volitional formations of striving.

He develops the basis for spiritual power that possesses concentration due to mind and volitional formations of striving.


He develops the basis for spiritual power that possesses concentration due to investigation and volitional formations of striving.


These four bases for spiritual power, when developed and cultivated, lead to utter revulsion, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, to Nibbāna."

1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, iddhipādā bhāvitā bahulīkatā ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattanti.


Katame cattāro? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhi pādaṁ bhāveti,


vīriyasamādhi … pe …

cittasamādhi … pe …


vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhi pādaṁ bhāveti.


Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro iddhipādā bhāvitā bahulīkatā ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattantī"ti.


Catutthaṁ.