BhÄvÄna Sutta
1. BhÄvanÄ Sutta. A monk may wish to be free from the Äsavas and from attachment, but his wish will be fruitless unless he develops the four satipaá¹á¹hÄnas, the four sammappadhÄnas, the four iddhipÄdas, the five indriyas, the five powers, the seven bojjhaá¹…gas, and the Eightfold Noble Path. Without these he resembles one who waits for eggs to hatch out when there is no hen. However, if the monk develops these qualities he will wear away the Äsavas, etc., and be aware that they are worn away, like a carpenter who knows when the handle of his adze is worn away; all these things will weaken and rot away like a ship out of the water all the winter, exposed to wind and rain. A.iv.125f.
2. BhÄvanÄ Sutta. The four satipaá¹á¹hÄnas, if cultivated, conduce to the state in which no further and no hither shore exist. S.v.180.
3. BhÄvanÄ Sutta. The cultivation of the four satipatthÄnas consists in contemplation of body, feelings, mind, and mind states. S.v.182.
4. BhÄvanÄ Sutta. On psychic (iddhi ) power, its basis, its cultivation, amid the practice which leads to its cultivation. S.v.276.
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