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[Full title: The Fourfold Psychic Power (肠补迟迟腻谤辞 颈诲诲丑颈辫腻诲补)鈥�(1): The Psychic Power of Desire (Chand颈诲诲丑颈辫腻诲补 or Chanda)]

The Chand颈诲诲丑颈辫腻诲补 is explained in the Chanda Sutta under the following:

鈥�Bhikkhus, if a monk gains concentration, gains one-pointedness of mind, relying on desire (chanda), this is called concentration due to desire (肠丑补苍诲补-蝉补尘腻诲丑颈).

He brings for the desire (chanda) for the non-arising of unarisen evil unwholesome states. He makes an effort, rouses energy, applies his mind and strives;

He brings for the desire (chanda) for the abandoning of arisen evil unwholesome states. He makes an effort, rouses energy, applies his mind and strives;

He brings for the desire (chanda) for the arising of unarisen wholesome states. He makes an effort, rouses energy, applies his mind and strives;

He brings for the desire (chanda) for the maintaining of arisen wholesome states. He makes an effort, rouses energy, applies his mind and strives鈥攖here are called the forces of exertion (辫补诲丑腻苍补蝉补峁卥丑腻谤补).

Thus, there are this desire and the concentration due to desire and these forces of exertion鈥攖his, bhikkhu, is called the psychic powers accomplished in concentration due to the desire and these forces of exertion (these forces and abandoning).^[1]

By chanda is meant desire to obtain, desire to attain, desire to reach, desire to fulfill, desire to accomplish. The desire indicated here is extreme or excessive desire. There is nothing within or without one鈥檚 personality that can obstruct that desire. It is the kind of desire that evokes the thought, 鈥淚f I do not attain this accomplishment in this life, I shall not rest content. It is better that I die rather than that I shall not attain it.鈥�

It is the kind of desire nurtured by King 顿丑补尘尘补蝉辞峁囜笉补^[2] of Benares during the time of the Kassapa Buddha,^[3] when the king said to himself, 鈥淲hat use is there in my being king of Benares if I do not get the opportunity of hearing a discourse of the Kassapa Buddha?鈥� The king, therefore, relinquished his throne and went out in search of one who could repeat to him a discourse of the Kassapa Buddha, no matter that the discourse consisted of a short stanza only.

Such desire is appeased if it is fulfilled, as in the case of King 叠颈尘产颈蝉腻谤补,^[4] 痴颈蝉腻办丑腻, and 础苍腻迟丑补辫颈峁囜笉颈办补.^[5] It is only when there are faint indications that the desire can be attained but is not fulfilled, that the mind becomes troubled, and thoughts arise that it is better to die than live without attaining the desire.

Examples of such desire existed also in King Temiya,^[6] King 贬补迟迟丑颈辫腻濒补,^[7] and kings, nobles, and rich men in the time of the Buddha who discarded their palaces, retinues and other luxuries to live the lives of bhikkhus in the Buddha-蝉腻蝉补苍补.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

SN 51.13/5: p. 268

[2]:

Rasavahin墨 (Jambupadipuppatti-办补迟丑腻)

[3]:

The former Buddha

[4]:

碍丑耻诲诲补办补辫腻峁环补, p. 230

[5]:

Dhp-a verse 1

[6]:

M奴gapakkha J膩taka

[7]:

贬补迟迟丑颈辫腻濒补 Jataka