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 8
Buddha or Arahanta Suttaṃ
Awakened or Worthy
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Once upon a time Bhagava,
Sāvatthi-town revisiting,
Anāthapiṇḍika's Jeta-forest park.
Four, beggars, are power paths.
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.
It is through having developed
and made a big thing of
these four power paths, beggars,
that the Tathāgata has come to be known as
'Worthy,
The Number-one-self-awakened-one.'"
