“Mendicants, all the ascetics and brahmins in the past, “Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā ahesuṁ mahānubhāvā, sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā. future, Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā bhavissanti mahānubhāvā, sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā. or present who are mighty and powerful have become so by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā, sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.

What four? Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm … Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti, energy … vīriyasamādhi …pe… mental development … cittasamādhi … inquiry, and active effort. vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti. All the ascetics and brahmins in the past, Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā ahesuṁ mahānubhāvā, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā. future, Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā bhavissanti mahānubhāvā, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā. or present who are mighty and powerful have become so by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power.” Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā”ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.