1"Bhikkhus, just as a pot that has been turned upside down gives up its water and does not take it back,

so a bhikkhu who develops and cultivates the four bases for spiritual power gives up evil unwholesome states and does not take them back.

"And how does a bhikkhu do so?

Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops the basis for spiritual power that possesses concentration due to desire and volitional formations of striving
- which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release;
- which has as its final goal the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion;
- which has the Deathless as its ground, the Deathless as its destination, the Deathless as its final goal;
- which slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna.

He develops the basis for spiritual power that possesses concentration due to energy and volitional formations of striving
- which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release;
- which has as its final goal the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion;
- which has the Deathless as its ground, the Deathless as its destination, the Deathless as its final goal;
- which slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna.

He develops the basis for spiritual power that possesses concentration due to mind and volitional formations of striving
- which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release;
- which has as its final goal the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion;
- which has the Deathless as its ground, the Deathless as its destination, the Deathless as its final goal;
- which slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna.

He develops the basis for spiritual power that possesses concentration due to investigation and volitional formations of striving
- which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release;
- which has as its final goal the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion;
- which has the Deathless as its ground, the Deathless as its destination, the Deathless as its final goal;
- which slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna.

"It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu develops and cultivates the four bases for spiritual power so that he gives up evil unwholesome states and does not take them back."

1"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, kumbho nikkujjo vamateva udakaṁ, no paccāvamati; evameva kho, bhikkhave, …

Pañcamaṁ.