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 4
Nibbidā Suttaṃ
Utter Weariness
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 power-paths
which developed,
made a big thing of,
evolve into utter weariness,
dispassion,
ending,
tranquillity,
higher knowledge,
self-awakening,
Nibbāna.
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 power-paths
which developed,
made a big thing of,
evolve into utter weariness,
dispassion,
ending,
tranquillity,
higher knowledge,
self-awakening,
Nibbāna."
