an.5.68 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Bases of Psychic Power (2nd)

“Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still not awake but intent on awakening—I developed and cultivated five things.
What five?
The basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort …
the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy, and active effort …
the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to mental development, and active effort …
the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to inquiry, and active effort.
And the fifth is sheer vigor.
When I had developed and cultivated these five things, with vigor as fifth,
I became capable of realizing anything that can be realized by insight to which I extended the mind, in each and every case.
If I wished: ‘May I multiply myself and become one again … controlling the body as far as the Brahmā realm.’
I was capable of realizing it, in each and every case.
If I wished: … ‘May I realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom in this very life, and live having realized it with my own insight due to the ending of defilements.’
I was capable of realizing it, in each and every case.”