Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
51. Iddhi-Pāda Saṁyutta
2. Pāsāda-Kampana Vagga

Sutta 17

Dutiya Samaṇa-Brāhmaṇā or Vidhā or Iddhi-Vidhā Suttaṁ

Variety

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1] I Hear Tell:^[1]

"Whatsoever there were, beggars,
of those shamans and Brahmans in the past,
who experienced not just one arrangement
of the varieties of power,
that is: —

Being one
he also becomes many,
being many
he also becomes one.

Manifest here,
transported beyond notice,
transported through walls,
transported through fortifications unsticking,
he goes whithersoever
as if in space.

He jumps into
and out of the earth
as though in water;
goes on water
without parting it
as though on solid ground.

He goes through space cross-legged
like a bird on the wing.

He touches and feels with the hand
the Moon and Sun,
as great and powerful as they are.

He turns up in the body
even in the Brahmā world.

— All those did so
having developed and made a big thing of
the four power paths.

■

Whatsoever there will be, beggars,
of those shamans and Brahmans in the future,
who will experienced not just one arrangement
of the varieties of power,
that is: —

Being one
he also becomes many,
being many
he also becomes one.

Manifest here,
transported beyond notice,
transported through walls,
transported through fortifications unsticking,
he goes whithersoever
as if in space.

He jumps into
and out of the earth
as though in water;
goes on water
without parting it
as though on solid ground.

He goes through space cross-legged
like a bird on the wing.

He touches and feels with the hand
the Moon and Sun,
as great and powerful as they are.

He turns up in the body
even in the Brahmā world.

— All those will do so
having developed and made a big thing of
the four power paths.

■

Whatsoever there are, beggars, of shaman and Brahmin here now,
who experience not just one arrangement
of the varieties of power,
that is: —

Being one
he also becomes many,
being many
he also becomes one.

Manifest here,
transported beyond notice,
transported through walls,
transported through fortifications unsticking,
he goes whithersoever
as if in space.

He jumps into
and out of the earth
as though in water;
goes on water
without parting it
as though on solid ground.

He goes through space cross-legged
like a bird on the wing.

He touches and feels with the hand
the Moon and Sun,
as great and powerful as they are.

He turns up in the body
even in the Brahmā world.

— All those do so
having developed and made a big thing of
the four power paths.

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.

 

§

 

"Whatsoever there were, beggars,
of those shamans and Brahmans in the past,
who experienced not just one arrangement
of the varieties of power,
that is: —

Being one
he also becomes many,
being many
he also becomes one.

Manifest here,
transported beyond notice,
transported through walls,
transported through fortifications unsticking,
he goes whithersoever
as if in space.

He jumps into
and out of the earth
as though in water;
goes on water
without parting it
as though on solid ground.

He goes through space cross-legged
like a bird on the wing.

He touches and feels with the hand
the Moon and Sun,
as great and powerful as they are.

He turns up in the body
even in the Brahmā world.

— All those did so
having developed and made a big thing of
the four power paths.

■

Whatsoever there will be, beggars,
of those shamans and Brahmans in the future,
who will experienced not just one arrangement
of the varieties of power,
that is: —

Being one
he also becomes many,
being many
he also becomes one.

Manifest here,
transported beyond notice,
transported through walls,
transported through fortifications unsticking,
he goes whithersoever
as if in space.

He jumps into
and out of the earth
as though in water;
goes on water
without parting it
as though on solid ground.

He goes through space cross-legged
like a bird on the wing.

He touches and feels with the hand
the Moon and Sun,
as great and powerful as they are.

He turns up in the body
even in the Brahmā world.

— All those will do so
having developed and made a big thing of
the four power paths.

■

Whatsoever there are, beggars, of shaman and Brahmin here now,
who experience not just one arrangement
of the varieties of power,
that is: —

Being one
he also becomes many,
being many
he also becomes one.

Manifest here,
transported beyond notice,
transported through walls,
transported through fortifications unsticking,
he goes whithersoever
as if in space.

He jumps into
and out of the earth
as though in water;
goes on water
without parting it
as though on solid ground.

He goes through space cross-legged
like a bird on the wing.

He touches and feels with the hand
the Moon and Sun,
as great and powerful as they are.

He turns up in the body
even in the Brahmā world.

— All those do so
having developed and made a big thing of
the four power paths.

 

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^[1] No Nidana, no indication that it is Gotama that is speaking.