Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
51. Iddhi-Pāda Saṃyutta
2. Pāsāda-Kampana Vagga
Sutta 18
Bhikkhu Suttaṃ
Beggar
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
"It is because of cultivating and making a big thing
of the four power-paths, beggars,
that a beggar,
through his own higher knowledge
experiences the destruction of
the corrupting influences,
and without corrupting influences,
in this seen thing,
enters into and
lives in
freedom of heart,
freedom of wisdom.
§
What four?
Here beggars, a beggar develops the power-path
that is wish-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,
develops the power-path
that is energy-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,
develops the power-path
that is heart-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,
develops the power-path
that is investigation-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making.
§
"It is because of cultivating and making a big thing
of the four power-paths, beggars,
that a beggar,
through his own higher knowledge
experiences the destruction of
the corrupting influences,
and without corrupting influences,
in this seen thing,
enters into and
lives in
freedom of heart,
freedom of wisdom."
[1] No Nidana, no indication that it is Gotama that is speaking.
