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 9
Ñāṇa Suttaṃ
Knowledge
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.'
§
At the thought, beggars,
'This is the power-path that is
wish-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
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Then later at this thought:
'This wish-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
must be made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
■
Then further, at the thought,
'This wish-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
has been made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
§
At the thought, beggars,
'This is the power-path that is
energy-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
■
Then later at this thought:
'This energy-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
must be made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
■
Then further, at the thought,
'This energy-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
has been made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
§
At the thought, beggars,
'This is the power-path that is
heart-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
Then later at this thought:
'This heart-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
must be made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
Then further, at the thought,
'This heart-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
has been made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
§
At the thought, beggars,
'This is the power-path that is
investigation-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
■
Then later at this thought:
'This investigation-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path must be made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose.
■
Then further, at the thought,
'This investigation-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
has been made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.
Knowledge arose.
Vision arose.
Light arose."
