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# SN 51.81 Anusaya Sutta (The Underlying Drives) SN 51.81

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    SN 51.81
    Saṁyutta Nikāya
    Mahāvagga Saṁyutta (On the Great Section)

    Iddhipāda Saṁyutta
    Connected Discourses on the Four Bases of Psychic Powers

    Ogha Vagga
    The Section on the Floods

    Anusaya Sutta
    “The Underlying Drives”

    “Bhikkhus, there are these seven underlying drives.

    “What are they?

    “The underlying drive one has for lusting after sensuality and further stimulation; the underlying
    drive to oppose and disagree; the underlying drive for holding on to views and convictions; the
    underlying drive for doubting; the underlying drive for conceit; the underlying drive for wanting
    to be reborn; and the underlying drive for wanting to remain ignorant.

    “These are the seven underlying drives.

    “Now, to address these seven, the Four Bases of Psychic Power must be cultivated and
    developed, in order to attain The Higher Knowledge; to know directly and intuitively; to fully
    understand and with complete certainty go about destroying and removing these seven
    underlying drives.
    “And what are these four?
    1. “Here, Bhikkhus, the Bhikkhu strives by cultivating the base of psychic power that grows as a
    result of concentration impelled by fervor, accompanied by active endeavor, while thinking to
    himself:
    “I will neither let my fervor become too slackened, nor too strained; neither letting it become
    constricted internally nor distracted or scattered externally.”
    2. “Further, Bhikkhus, the Bhikkhu strives by cultivating the base of psychic power that grows as
    a result of concentration impelled by persevering effort, accompanied by active endeavor, while
    thinking to himself:

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    “I will neither let my persevering effort become too slackened, nor too strained; neither letting it
    become constricted internally nor distracted or scattered externally.”
    3. “Further, Bhikkhus, the Bhikkhu strives by cultivating the base of psychic power that grows as
    a result of concentration impelled by the directed mind, accompanied by active endeavor, while
    thinking to himself:
    “I will neither let my directed mind become too slackened, nor too strained; neither letting it
    become constricted internally nor distracted or scattered externally.”
    4. “Further, Bhikkhus, the Bhikkhu strives by cultivating the base of psychic power that grows as
    a result of concentration impelled by examination, accompanied by active endeavor, while
    thinking to himself:
    “I will neither let my examination become too slackened, nor too strained; neither letting it
    become constricted internally nor distracted or scattered externally.”
    “Therefore, Bhikkhus, these Four Bases of Psychic Power must be cultivated and developed, in
    order to attain The Higher Knowledge; to know directly and intuitively; to fully understand and
    with complete certainty go about destroying and removing these seven underlying drives.”

    Sādhu

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