Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.113

c19.113

Iddhipadas.—The most natural interpretation of the Iddhipādas would be to regard them as practices tending to bring about "Iddhis" or supernormal powers.⁸² So much indeed is at places explicitly asserted.⁸³ On the other hand, the Iddhipādas are also described as leading to Nibbāna⁸⁴ and to be essential to Vimutti.⁸⁵ The detailed description of the Four Iddhipādas is not perfectly clear. It is couched in more or less vague and general terms.⁸⁶