The "Connected Discourses on the Bases of Psychic Power" contains discourses focusing on the qualities of aspiration, energy, purification of mind, and investigation that lead to the development of psychic power when frequently cultivated. This collection offers insights into the power of the mind and the potential for spiritual growth through the cultivation of these qualities.
Iddhipādasaṁyutta - Connected Discourses on the Bases of Psychic Power
Cāpāla vagga - The Chapter at the Cāpāla Shrine
The first chapter of the Connected Discourses on the Bases of Psychic Power, containing discourses 1–10.
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 end of suffering is also neglected.
The four bases of psychic powers are noble and lead to liberation.
When the four bases of psychic powers are developed and frequently practiced, they lead to complete disenchantment, to the fading of desire, to cessation, to tranquility, to directly knowing, to full awakening, and to Nibbāna.
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.
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.
Ayoguḷa vagga - The Chapter on the Iron Ball
The third chapter of the Connected Discourses on the Bases of Psychic Power, containing discourses 21–32.
The Buddha explains how Moggallāna became so mighty and powerful through the development and frequent practice of the four bases of psychic powers.
Develop the four bases of psychic power for the direct knowledge, full understanding, complete exhaustion, and abandonment of the five higher fetters.