Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
51. Iddhi-Pāda Saṃyutta
1. Cāpāla Vagga
The Book of the Related Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
51. Related Sayings on the Paths of Power
1. Cāpāla Shrine
Sutta 3
Ariyā Suttaṃ
Aristocratic
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Once upon a time Bhagava,
Sāvatthi-town revisiting,
Anāthapiṇḍika's Jeta-forest park.
"Four, beggars,
are the onward-leading Aristocratic power-paths
which developed,
made a big thing of,
lead on the practitioner thereof
to the consummate destruction of pain.
What four?
Here beggars, a beggar develops the power-path
that is wish-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,
develops the power-path
that is energy-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,
develops the power-path
that is heart-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,
develops the power-path
that is investigation-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making.
These then, beggars
are the four onward-leading Aristocratic power-paths
which developed,
made a big thing of,
lead on the practitioner thereof
to the consummate destruction of pain."
