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#### Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
51. Iddhi-Pāda Saṁyutta
1. Cāpāla Vagga

#### The Book of the Related Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
51. Related Sayings on the Paths of Power
1. Cāpāla Shrine

#### Sutta 9

#### Ñāṇa Suttaṁ

# Knowledge

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

[1][pts] I Hear Tell:

Once upon a time Bhagava,
Sāvatthi-town revisiting,
Anāthapiṇḍika's Jeta-forest park.

Four, beggars, are 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.

These then, beggars, are the four power paths.

§

It is through having developed
and made a big thing
of these four power paths, beggars,
that the Tathāgata has come to be known as
'Worthy, the Number-one-self-awakened-one.'

§

At the thought, beggars,
'This is the power-path that is
wish-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

■

Then later at this thought:
'This wish-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
must be made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

■

Then further, at the thought,
'This wish-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
has been made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

§

At the thought, beggars,
'This is the power-path that is
energy-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

■

Then later at this thought:
'This energy-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
must be made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

■

Then further, at the thought,
'This energy-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
has been made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

§

At the thought, beggars,
'This is the power-path that is
heart-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

Then later at this thought:
'This heart-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
must be made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

Then further, at the thought,
'This heart-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
has been made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

§

At the thought, beggars,
'This is the power-path that is
investigation-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

■

Then later at this thought:
'This investigation-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path must be made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose.

■

Then further, at the thought,
'This investigation-serenity-connected-exertion-own-making power-path
has been made to be,'
of previously unheard things
sight arose.

Knowledge arose.

Vision arose.

Light arose."

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