Untitled in the source — Iddhipadavagga — the ninth chapter of the Nines, continued
Setting
None stated in the source
Speakers
The Buddha alone, addressing the mendicants
Form
A single instruction, identical in kind to AN 9.74-81, pointing back to ch.7's own content
Length
A few seconds to read the instruction itself
The second instance of this compression type
The same ‘tell in full as in the chapter on mindfulness meditation’ instruction already met at AN 9.74-81, now closing this project's third and final application of it
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — trivial to read the instruction itself
Why this discourse
Standing for eight separate discourses (AN 9.84 through AN 9.91), this page repeats AN 9.74-81's exact instruction — ‘tell in full as in the chapter on mindfulness meditation’ — directing the reciter back to ch.7's eight middle obstacle-lists once more, this time paired with the four bases of psychic power.
Reading guide
The teaching in one sentence
The same eight obstacle-lists given in full at AN 9.64 through AN 9.71 are each given up by developing the four bases of psychic power, exactly as AN 9.83 already showed for the first obstacle-list shared across all three chapters.
The identical instruction, a second time
This page's own surviving text is word-for-word the same instruction already met at AN 9.74-81: ‘tell in full as in the chapter on mindfulness meditation.’ The source doesn't even vary its own pointer between the two occasions, trusting the same substitution logic each time.
Two merged pages, three chapters, one shared source
Both this page and AN 9.74-81 point to the identical eight discourses in ch.7 — neither points to the other, and neither reconstructs the content itself. Ch.7's AN 9.64 through AN 9.71 function as this project's sole on-record version of these eight obstacle-lists, now referenced twice over rather than written out three separate times.
Closing in on the third chapter's own final discourse
With this page, only AN 9.92 remains to close ch.9 — the third and final ‘shackles of the heart’ discourse in this three-chapter series, and the point at which the source's own closing verse explicitly names all three parallel chapters together.
Key terms
tesaṁyeva vitthāro satipaṭṭhānavaggasadisova kātabbo — “tell in full as in the chapter on mindfulness meditation” — the identical instruction already met at AN 9.74-81, repeated here without variation.
cattāro iddhipādā — “the four bases of psychic power” — the one substitution this instruction asks the reciter to make throughout, in place of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
nīvaraṇā, kāmaguṇā, upādānakkhandhā — “hindrances, sensual stimulation, grasping aggregates” — the first three of the eight obstacle-lists this page stands for, given in full at AN 9.64-66.
orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni, gatiyo, macchariyāni, uddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni, cetokhilā — “lower fetters, destinations, stinginess, higher fetters, hard-heartedness” — the remaining five obstacle-lists this page stands for, given in full at AN 9.67-71.
iddhipādavaggo — “Iddhipādavagga” — this chapter's own name, naming the third and final remedy in this three-chapter series.
The text
The discourse exactly as it survives in the source: the same instruction already met at AN 9.74-81, pointing back to ch.7's own content once more. Nothing has been added or reconstructed. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
The instruction, in full
§1(Tell in full as in the chapter on mindfulness meditation.)
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Self-check quiz
6 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 6
How does this page's instruction compare to AN 9.74-81's?
Correct: B. The same pointer, repeated without variation for the second time in this project.
Question 2 of 6
What remedy does this page's instruction imply, replacing ch.7's mindfulness meditation?
Correct: B. The substitution changes per chapter even though the instruction's wording doesn't.
Question 3 of 6
How many times, across this project so far, do ch.7's eight middle obstacle-lists get written out in full?
Correct: B. Ch.7 functions as the sole on-record version, referenced twice rather than repeated.
Question 4 of 6
What remains after this page, closing ch.9?
Correct: B. The chapter's closer, where the source's own verse names all three parallel chapters together.
Question 5 of 6
What does this page's guide avoid doing, consistent with AN 9.74-81?
Correct: B. Consistent with this project's rule against inventing text not in the source.
Question 6 of 6
What eight obstacle-lists does this page stand for?
Correct: B. Identical to what AN 9.74-81 already pointed to, now referenced a second time.
