17. The Four Bases of Spiritual Power

Cattārome bhikkhave iddhipādā, bhāvitā bahulīkatā,
There are, monastics, these four bases of spiritual power, which, when developed and made much of,

apārā pāraṁ gamanāya saṁvattanti.
lead to going from the near shore to the far shore.

1. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu
1. Here, monastics, a monastic

chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti,
cultivates the basis of spiritual power that is concentration of desire accompanied by the volition of striving,

2. viriyasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti,
2. he cultivates the basis of spiritual power that is concentration of energy accompanied by the volition of striving,

3. cittasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti,
3. he cultivates the basis of spiritual power that is concentration of thought accompanied by the volition of striving,

4. vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti.
4. he cultivates the basis of spiritual power that is concentration of investigation accompanied by the volition of striving.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro iddhipādā bhāvitā bahulīkatā
These, monastics, are these four bases of spiritual power, which, when developed and made much of,

apārā pāraṁ gamanāya saṁvattanti.
lead to going from the near shore to the far shore.