{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn51.17/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn51.17","id":"suttacentral_sn51.17","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn51.17/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, all the ascetics and brahmins in the past, future, or present who wield the various kinds of psychic power\u2014multiplying themselves and becoming one again; materializing and dematerializing; going unobstructed through a wall, a rampart, or a mountain as if through space; diving in and out of the earth as if it were water; walking on water as if it were earth; flying cross-legged through the sky like a bird; touching and stroking with the hand the sun and moon, so mighty and powerful; controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity\u2014 do so by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power. What four? It\u2019s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm \u2026 energy \u2026 mental development \u2026 inquiry, and active effort. Mendicants, all the ascetics and brahmins in the past, future, or present who wield the many kinds of psychic power\u2014multiplying themselves and becoming one again \u2026 controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity\u2014 do so by developing and cultivating these four bases of psychic power.\u201d","title":"Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":182}