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King Ajātasattu of Magadha visits the Buddha on a moonlit night to ask about the visible fruits of the spiritual life in the present world. The Buddha systematically outlines the progressive fruits of the spiritual journey: from basic social freedom and ethical purity, through sense restraint, mindfulness, and contentment, to the abandonment of the five hindrances, the four jhānas, and the eight higher knowledges culminating in complete liberation.

When a bhikkhu who has left the Dhamma and training is disparaging the Buddha’s states as merely human and his teaching as merely leading to the cessation of suffering, the Buddha counters that this is in fact praise and goes on to enumerate his various attainments.

Sakuludāyī marvels at the profound respect the Buddha receives. The Buddha explains this reverence stems not from strict asceticism—as some disciples are stricter than he is—but from his supreme virtue, exceptional knowledge, higher wisdom, mastery of the Four Noble Truths, and teachings leading to ultimate liberation.

The Buddha details a comprehensive training in mindfulness of the body—from breath and postures to anatomical reflection and charnel-ground contemplations. He explains how this cultivation steadies the mind and leads to ten benefits culminating in the four jhānas and final liberation.

The Buddha explains the five barriers and five shackles of the mind that prevent a bhikkhu from coming to growth, increase, and full development in his teaching and training.

What determines a complete spiritual path? When the wanderer Vacchagotta asks the Buddha to explain wholesome and unwholesome actions, he discovers the remarkable spiritual success spanning the Buddha's entire fourfold assembly.

The Buddha travels to the Brahmā world to correct Baka the Brahmā’s delusion of eternal existence.

The Buddha teaches Sakka that liberation comes from realizing “nothing is worth holding on to.” To cure Sakka's divine negligence, Mahāmoggallāna shakes Sakka's heavenly mansion with his toe, prompting the deity to correctly recall the teaching.

The venerable Mahāmoggallāna reflects on what is called noble silence.

After Ānanda misses the sign to request the Buddha to remain, Māra reminds the Buddha of his promise to pass away now that the Dhamma and spiritual life are well established. The Buddha relinquishes the life force after weighing the incomparable and continued existence.

After Ānanda misses the sign to request the Buddha to remain, Māra reminds the Buddha of his promise to pass away now that the Dhamma and spiritual life are well established. The Buddha relinquishes the life force after weighing the incomparable and continued existence.

The Buddha describes the foremost of his bhikkhu disciples in various categories.

The Buddha describes the foremost of his bhikkhu disciples in various categories.

The Buddha describes the foremost of his bhikkhunī disciples in various categories.

Should one aspire for the higher spiritual attainments, one should practice fully in virtue, be devoted to tranquility of mind, not neglect meditation, be endowed with penetrative vision, and practice in an empty dwelling.

Developing the four bases of psychic powers can lead from the near shore to the far shore.

For whomever the four bases of psychic powers are neglected, the noble way of practice leading to the complete cessation of suffering is also neglected.

The four bases of psychic powers are noble and lead to liberation.

Whoever in the past, future, or present produces psychic powers, all of them do so through the development and frequent practice of the four bases of psychic powers.

Whoever in the past, future, or present produces the highest psychic powers, all of them do so through the development and frequent practice of the four bases of psychic powers.

Whoever attains the taint-free release of mind and release by wisdom, does so through the development and frequent practice of the four bases of psychic powers.

It is because he has developed and frequently practiced these four bases of psychic powers that the Tathāgata is called ‘the Arahant, the perfectly Awakened One.’

Vision, insight, wisdom, true understanding and clarity arose in the Buddha regarding the four bases of psychic powers.

The Buddha recounts the inquiry that led to the development of the four bases of psychic powers before his full awakening.

Cultivating the four bases of psychic powers can lead to various kinds of psychic powers and the realization of the taintless liberation of mind.

Whether in the past, future, or at present, any ascetics or brahmins who are mighty and powerful have attained such might and power through the development and frequent practice of the four bases of psychic powers.

Whether in the past, future, or at present, any ascetics or brahmins who are experiencing various kinds of psychic powers have attained such abilities through the development and frequent practice of the four bases of psychic powers.

Through the development and frequent practice of the four bases of psychic powers, a bhikkhu realizes the taintless liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom.

The Buddha teaches about psychic power, the basis of psychic power, the development of the bases of psychic power, and the way of practice leading to the development of the bases of psychic power.

A detailed analysis of the four bases of psychic powers - collectedness arising from aspiration, energy, purification of mind, and investigation.

The Buddha explains how Moggallāna became so mighty and powerful through the development and frequent practice of the four bases of psychic powers.

Ānanda asks the Buddha how far his voice can reach. The Buddha explains the cosmological scale of minor, middling, and great three-thousandfold world systems, revealing he can project his voice across a billion worlds by first suffusing them with light.

The four bases of psychic powers that should be developed for the full understanding of passion, desire, and attachment.

Developing the bases of psychic power can lead to enlightenment in this very life or the state of non-returning.

Developing the bases of psychic power can lead to enlightenment in this very life or the state of non-returning.

Seeing the venerable Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya being treated with contempt by the bhikkhus for his stunted appearance, the Blessed One reveals his great psychic power and attainment of Arahantship with an inspired verse.