[631] What are the ten Tathāgata powers (tathāgatabala)? Here the Tathāgata understands as it really is (yathābhūta) the possible as possible and the impossible as impossible. That the Tathāgata understands as it really is the possible as possible and the impossible as impossible — this too is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars the lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the wheel of Brahmā.
Further, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the result of undertakings of kamma — past, future, and present — as to possibility and as to cause. That the Tathāgata understands as it really is the result of undertakings of kamma — past, future, and present — as to possibility and as to cause, this too is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars the lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the wheel of Brahmā.
Further, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the way leading everywhere (sabbatthagāminī paṭipadā). That the Tathāgata understands as it really is the way leading everywhere, this too is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars the lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the wheel of Brahmā.
Further, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the world with its many and diverse elements (dhātu). That the Tathāgata understands as it really is the world with its many and diverse elements, this too is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata … .
Further, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the diverse dispositions of beings. That the Tathāgata understands as it really is the diverse dispositions of beings, this too is of the Tathāgata … .
Further, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the superiority and inferiority of the faculties of other beings, of other persons. That the Tathāgata understands as it really is the superiority and inferiority of the faculties of other beings, of other persons, this too is of the Tathāgata … .
Further, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the defilement, the cleansing, and the emergence in regard to the jhānas, liberations, concentrations (samādhi), and attainments. That the Tathāgata understands as it really is the defilement, the cleansing, and the emergence in regard to the jhānas, liberations, concentrations, and attainments, this too is of the Tathāgata … .
Further, the Tathāgata recollects his manifold past abodes, that is: one birth, two births … thus with their aspects and particulars he recollects his manifold past abodes. That the Tathāgata recollects his manifold past abodes, that is: one birth, two births …, this too is of the Tathāgata … .
Further, the Tathāgata, with the divine eye, purified and surpassing the human, sees beings passing away and re-arising. That the Tathāgata, with the divine eye, purified and surpassing the human … this too is of the Tathāgata … .
Further, the Tathāgata, through the destruction of the taints (āsava), realizes for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom, and having entered upon it, he dwells therein. That the Tathāgata, through the destruction of the taints, realizes for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind and liberation by wisdom, and having entered upon it, dwells therein — this too is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying on which power the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars the lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the wheel of Brahmā. These are the ten Tathāgata powers.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.