Iddhipáda Vagga.-The ninth chapter of the Navaka Nipáta of the Anguttara Nikáya (A.iv.463-4). It consists of ten suttas dealing with the cultivation of the four iddhi-pádas.


1. Iddhipáda Sutta.-The cultivation of the four iddhipádas and of exertion (ussolhi) brings insight (aññá) in this life, or the Third Fruit of the Path. A.iii.81-2.


2. Iddhipáda Sutta.-The Buddha, even as Bodhisatta, before the Enlightenment, developed the four iddhipádas and exertion, and as a result enjoyed great psychic power. A.iii.82-3.


3. Iddhipáda Sutta.-The four iddhipádas form the path leading to the Uncompounded (asankhata). S.iv.360.


4. Iddhipáda Sutta.-The path mentioned above should be practised, accompanied by concentration and effort, compounded with desire, energy, idea and investigation. S.iv.365.


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