Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
51. Iddhi-Pāda Saṃyutta
3. Ayo-Guḷa Vagga
Sutta 23
Bhikkhu Suttaṃ
Beggar
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
"Four, beggars, are power-paths.
What four?
Here, beggars, a beggar develops the power-path
that is wish-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,
he develops the power-path
that is energy-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,
he develops the power-path
that is heart-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,
he develops the power-path
that is investigation-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making.
These, then, beggars, are the four power-paths.
It is through these four power-paths, then, beggars,
developed, made a big thing of,
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."
