• Linked Discourses 51.4 Saṁyutta Nikāya 51.4
  • 1. At the Cāpāla Shrine 1. Cāpālavagga

Disillusionment Nibbidāsutta

ā€œMendicants, these four bases of psychic power, when developed and cultivated, lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. ā€œCattārome, bhikkhave, iddhipādā bhāvitā bahulÄ«katā ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiƱƱāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattanti. What four? Katame cattāro? It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm … Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaį¹…khārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti, energy … vÄ«riyasamādhi …pe… mental development … cittasamādhi …pe… inquiry, and active effort. vÄ«maṁsāsamādhippadhānasaį¹…khārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti. These four bases of psychic power, when developed and cultivated, lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.ā€ Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro iddhipādā bhāvitā bahulÄ«katā ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiƱƱāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattantÄ«ā€ti.

Catutthaṁ.