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he enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice and slow insight; whatever at that time is mental exertion of energy... right effort, the enlightenment factor of energy, a factor of the path, included in the path – this is called "the base of power of effort." The remaining phenomena are associated with the base of power of effort. Among these, what is the base of power of mind? Here, a monk, at such time as he cultivates a supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, leading to the cessation (of accumulation), for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage (of awakening), secluded from sensual pleasures... he enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice and slow insight; whatever at that time is mind, mentality, thought... that mind-consciousness element – this is called "the base of power of mind." The remaining phenomena are associated with the base of power of mind. Among these, what is the base of power of investigation? Here, a monk, at such time as he cultivates a supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, leading to the cessation (of accumulation), for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage (of awakening), secluded from sensual pleasures... he enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice and slow insight; whatever at that time is wisdom, understanding... non-delusion, investigation of phenomena, right view, the enlightenment factor of investigation of phenomena, a factor of the path, included in the path – this is called "the base of power of investigation." The remaining phenomena are associated with the base of power of investigation. This. 3. The Questioner 462. Four bases of psychic power – here a monk develops the base of psychic power endowed with concentration due to desire and volitional formations of exertion; concentration due to energy… (and so on) … concentration due to mind… (and so on) … concentration due to investigation and volitional formations of exertion. 463. Of the four bases of psychic power, how many are wholesome, how many are unwholesome, how many are indeterminate… (and so on) … how many are with support, how many are without support? 1. Triad 464. They are only wholesome. They may be associated with pleasant feeling, they may be associated with neither-pleasant-nor-unpleasant feeling. They are states leading to results. They are not clung to and not objects of clinging. They are undefiled and not defiling. They may be with initial application and sustained application, they may be with only sustained application without initial application, they may be without initial application and without sustained application. They may be accompanied by joy, they may be accompanied by happiness, they may be accompanied by equanimity. They are not to be abandoned by insight, nor by development. They are not causes for abandonment by insight, nor by development. They lead to non-accumulation. They are trainees. They are immeasurable. They have immeasurable objects. They are excellent. They are fixed in rightness. They are not objects of the path, they are causes of the path, they are not dominant over the path. They may have arisen, they may not have arisen, it should not be said that they are arising. They may be past, they may be future, they may be present. It should not be said that they are objects of the past, nor objects of the future, nor objects of the present. They may be internal, they may be external, they may be internal and external. They have external objects. They are non-manifest and non-impinging. 2. Dyad 465. The base of psychic power of investigation is a root, the three bases of psychic power are not roots. They are with roots. They are associated with roots. The base of psychic power of investigation is both a root and with roots, the three bases of psychic power should not be said to be both roots and with roots, they are with roots but not roots. The base of psychic power of investigation is both a root and associated with roots, the three bases of psychic power should not be said to be both roots and associated with roots, they are associated with roots but not roots. The three bases of psychic power are not roots but are with roots, the base of psychic power of investigation should not be said to be not a root and without roots. They are with conditions. They are conditioned. They are non-manifest. They are non-impinging. They are formless. They are supramundane. Transcendent. By some, knowable. By some, not knowable. Not defilements. Without defilements. Disjoined from defilements. Not to be said as both defilements and with defilements, nor as with defilements and not defilements. Not to be said as both defilements and conjoined with defilements, nor as conjoined with defilements and not defilements. Disjoined from defilements. Without defilements. Not fetters. Not ties. Not floods. Not yokes. Not hindrances. Not clingings. With object. The three bases of power are not mind. The mind-base of power is mind. The three bases of power are mental concomitants. The mind-base of power is not a mental concomitant. The three bases of power are conjoined with mind. The mind-base of power is not to be said as conjoined with mind, nor as disjoined from mind. The three bases of power are associated with mind. The mind-base of power is not to be said as associated with mind, nor as dissociated from mind. The three bases of power arise from mind. The mind-base of power does not arise from mind. The three bases of power are co-existent with mind. The mind-base of power is not co-existent with mind. The three bases of power follow mind. The mind-base of power does not follow mind. The three bases of power arise associated with mind. The mind-base of power does not arise associated with mind. The three bases of power are co-existent, arising associated with mind. The mind-base of power is not co-existent, arising associated with mind. The three bases of power follow, co-existent, arising associated with mind. The mind-base of power does not follow, co-existent, arising associated with mind. The three bases of power are external. The mind-base of power is internal. Not objects of clinging. Not clung to. Not processes of clinging. Not defilements. Not to be abandoned by insight. Not to be abandoned by development. Not having causes to be abandoned by insight. Not having causes to be abandoned by development. May be with initial application. May be without initial application. May be with sustained application. May be without sustained application. May be with joy. May be without joy. May be accompanied by joy. May be not accompanied by joy. May be accompanied by happiness. May be not accompanied by happiness. May be accompanied by equanimity. May be not accompanied by equanimity. Not of the sense sphere. Yes. Not of the form realm. Not of the formless realm. Unincluded. Leading to liberation. Certain. Unsurpassed. Without defilement. The questioner. The analysis of the bases of power is finished.