Aṇguttara Nikāya
Chakka Nipāta
IV. Devatā Vagga
Sutta 41
Dāru-k-Khandha Suttaṃ
The Wood Pile
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Proofed against and modified in accordance with the revised edition at dhammatalks.org
Provenance, terms and conditons
[1][pts][olds] I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Rājagaha on Vulture's Peak Mountain.
Then early in the morning,
Ven. Sāriputta put on his robes and,
carrying his bowl and outer robe,
was coming down from Vulture's Peak Mountain
with a large group of monks
when he saw a large wood pile
off to one side.
Seeing it, he said to the monks,
"Friends, do you see
that large wood pile over there?"
"Yes, friend," the monks replied.
[2][pts][olds] "Friends, if he wanted to,
a monk with psychic power,
having attained mastery of his mind,
could will that wood pile
to be nothing but earth.
Why is that?
There is earth-property (or: earth-potential)
in that wood pile,
in dependence on which
he could will that wood pile
to be nothing but earth.
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[3][pts][olds] "If he wanted to,
a monk with psychic power,
having attained mastery of his mind,
could will that wood pile
to be nothing but water.
Why is that?
There is water-property
in that wood pile,
in dependence on which
he could will that wood pile
to be nothing but water.
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[4][pts][olds] "If he wanted to,
a monk with psychic power,
having attained mastery of his mind,
could will that wood pile
to be nothing but fire.
Why is that?
There is fire-property
in that wood pile,
in dependence on which
he could will that wood pile
to be nothing but fire.
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[5][pts][olds] "If he wanted to,
a monk with psychic power,
having attained mastery of his mind,
could will that wood pile
to be nothing but wind.
Why is that?
There is wind-property
in that wood pile,
in dependence on which
he could will that wood pile
to be nothing but wind.
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[6][pts][olds] "If he wanted to,
a monk with psychic power,
having attained mastery of his mind,
could will that wood pile
to be nothing but beautiful.|| ||
Why is that?
There is the beautiful-property
in that wood pile,
in dependence on which
he could will that wood pile
to be nothing but beautiful.
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[7][pts][olds] "If he wanted to,
a monk with psychic power,
having attained mastery of his mind,
could will that wood pile
to be nothing but unattractive.
Why is that?
There is the unattractive-property
in that wood pile,
in dependence on which
he could will that wood pile
to be nothing but unattractive."
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