CĀPĀLAVAGGA

Collections of Linked Discourses

Collections of 'linked' or 'connected' discourses and other related texts.

Apārasutta

SN 51.1
From the Near Shore

The four bases of psychic power lead from the near to the far shore.

Viraddhasutta

SN 51.2
Missed Out

One who has neglected the four bases of psychic power has neglected the path to the end of suffering.

Ariyasutta

SN 51.3
A Noble One

The four bases of psychic power are noble and emancipating.

Nibbidāsutta

SN 51.4
Disillusionment

The four bases of psychic power lead to dispassion.

Iddhipadesasutta

SN 51.5
Partly

Those who have developed psychic powers in part have developed the four bases of psychic power in part.

Samattasutta

SN 51.6
Completely

Those who have developed psychic powers in full have developed the four bases of psychic power in full.

Bhikkhusutta

SN 51.7
A Mendicant

Whatever mendicants realize perfection do so by developing the four bases of psychic power.

Buddhasutta

SN 51.8
Awakened

It is because of developing the four bases of psychic power that the Realized One is called a Buddha.

Ñāṇasutta

SN 51.9
Knowledge

On the night of his awakening, understanding and vision came to the Buddha regarding the four bases of psychic power.

Cetiyasutta

SN 51.10
At the Cāpāla Shrine

The Buddha says he could live to the end of the eon due to developing the four bases of psychic power. But Ānanda doesn’t get the hint.