Actual 4 iddhipada taught by the Buddha

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Hi friends ,
This is for reference in
comparison to the available
version already have .
I think this is the supposed
4 iddhipada taught
by the Buddha .
Which makes the requisite
and the firm ground for
accomplishing Liberation .
And it is never about developing
Concentration or jhana
in order to achieve psychic power.

The 4 iddhipada in sequence :

Vimamsa ~ Contemplations on
the 12 causal link
Chanda ~ with great eagerness
In achieving liberation
Viriya ~ persevere relentlessly
Mind ~ severing the cycle of namarupa

Perhaps one should think
In term Outside the old box .

With Metta .

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is that in one of the agamas? Could you please supply a reference?

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I think one cannot find
it in the Agama, sorry to say .
If according to above sequence .

Of course my understanding
could be wrong .

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[quote=“James2997, post:1, topic:5319”]
The 4 iddhipada in sequence :

Vimamsa ~ Contemplations on
the 12 causal link
Chanda ~ with great eagerness
In achieving liberation
Viriya ~ persevere relentlessly
Mind ~ severing the cycle of namarupa
[/quote]Do these terms occur systematically elsewhere other than in the Bodhipakkhiya Dipani? I ask because I am not well-educated on the subject of iddhis.

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@Coemgenu

Actually , I heard it from a monk
and share it here .
I would think following the Contemplations on this way
will lead one nearer to liberation .

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Iddhipada-vibhanga Sutta: Analysis of the Bases of Power

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn51/sn51.020.than.html

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@SarathW1

SN 51.20
Iddhipada-vibhanga Sutta:
Analysis of the Bases of Power

If we analyze the above Sutta ,
perhaps one can see by developing
Concentration and super normal power ,
it doesn’t bring one nearer to liberation .
Why , at Buddha times the jains , brahmins and other Hindu Samanas supposed to have it also .

But , without the knowledge
of 4 NT & Paticca samuppada ,
what possibility
one has to attain liberation ?!

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There’s an entire samyutta dedicated to the topic of iddhi-paada
https://suttacentral.net/sn51
About 30 suttas in there, the rest are part of a repetition series (same formula applied to 4NT, other parts of 37 bp (bodhi pakkhiya)

No agama parallels are shown on that SC page, but that could just be they haven’t gotten around to it yet.

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