Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
51. Iddhi-Pāda Saṃyutta
3. Ayo-Guḷa Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
51. Kindred Sayings on the Bases of Psychic Power
3. [Untitled]
Sutta 26
Dutiya Phalā Suttaṃ
Fruit (b)
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.
Then the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"Monks, there are these four bases of psychic power.
What four?
"Herein a monk cultivates that basis of psychic power
of which the features are
desire,
together with the co-factors
of concentration
and struggle.
He cultivates that basis of psychic power
of which the features are
energy,
together with the co-factors
of concentration
and struggle.
He cultivates that basis of psychic power
of which the features are
thought,
together with the co-factors
of concentration
and struggle.
He cultivates that basis of psychic power
of which the features are
investigation,
together with the co-factors
of concentration
and struggle.
These are the four bases of psychic power.
§
It is by cultivating
and making much of
these four bases of psychic power
that seven fruits,
seven profits may be looked for.
What seven?
In this very life, previously,[1]
he establishes realization:
and if he do not so beforehand,
in this very life,
at any rate he establishes realization at the time of his death.
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And if in this very life, beforehand,
he do not establish realization,
nor do so at the time of death,
then, through having worn down the five fetters of the lower sort,
he wins release midway.
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But if he do not establish perfect insight, beforehand,
in this very life,
nor yet at the time of death,
and if he, by wearing down the five fetters of the lower sort,
win not release midway, -
then at any rate,
after having worn down the five fetters of the lower sort,
he wins release by reduction of his (allotted) time.
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But if he do not establish perfect insight, beforehand,
in this very life,
nor yet at the time of death,
and if he, by wearing down the five fetters of the lower sort,
win not release midway, -
nor wins release by reduction of his (allotted) time,
at any rate, by having worn down the five fetters of the lower sort,
he wins release without much trouble.
■
Again, if he do not establish perfect insight, beforehand,
in this very life,
nor yet at the time of death,
and if he, by wearing down the five fetters of the lower sort,
win not release midway, -
nor wins release by reduction of his (allotted) time,
nor wins release without much trouble,
at any rate, by having worn down the five fetters of the lower sort,
then he wins release with some trouble.
■
Again, if he do not establish perfect insight, beforehand,
in this very life,
nor yet at the time of death,
and if he, by wearing down the five fetters of the lower sort,
win not release midway, -
nor wins release by reduction of his (allotted) time,
nor wins release without much trouble,
nor wins release with some trouble,
at any rate, by having worn down the five fetters of the lower sort,
then he is 'one who goes upstream,'
and he goes to the Pure Abodes.
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Monks, it is by cultivating
and making much of
these four bases of psychic power
that seven fruits,
seven profits may be looked for."
[1] Reading paṭikaccaa for text's paṭihacca. Cf. text, 69, 201, 204, 237, 314, 378n..
