• Iddhipāda Sutta/Vagga

Iddhipāda Vagga. The ninth chapter of the Navaka Nipāta of the Anguttara Nikāya (A.iv.463-4). It consists of ten suttas dealing with the cultivation of the four iddhi-pādas.

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

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

3. Iddhipāda Sutta. The four iddhipādas form the path leading to the Uncompounded (asankhata). S. iv.360.

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