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Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.276
Numbered Discourses 4.276
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28. Rāgapeyyāla
28. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed
Iddhipādasutta
Bases of Psychic Power
“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā.
“For insight into greed, four things should be developed.
Katame cattāro?
What four?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti;
It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort.
vīriyasamādhi …pe…
They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy …
cittasamādhi …pe…
mental development …
vīmaṁsāsamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti.
inquiry, and active effort.
Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
For insight into greed, these four things should be developed.”
