Questions tagged [psychic-powers]
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Psychic Powers and the Kevatta Sutta (DN 11)
In the Kevatta Sutta (DN 11), the Buddha seems to categorize "Having been one he becomes many; having been many he becomes one" as a psychic power, which is later seems to denounce "..I feel horrified, humiliated, and disgusted with the miracle of…
Kaveenga Wijayasekara
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Has anyone seen any meditation master demonstrating abhinna or supernatural powers?
Has anyone seen any meditation master demonstrating abhinna or supernatural powers stated in various suttas and in Visuddhi Magga? I know, most will suggest me to keep practicing meditation to see or experience it by myself. But I would like to hear…
Sansayan Chakma
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Are these magical powers real?
My interest was caught by an article talking about the mundane and supermundane powers which are mentioned in the Samaññaphala Sutta (The Fruits of the Contemplative Life, DN 2):
The first five mundane powers: (can be attained through perfection of…
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What do Buddhists think of the premise that power is a necessary good and a necessary evil?
I have been through 34 years of life and am beginning to understand some things I couldn’t before. Not everyone is good and not everyone is bad, at least some of the time. Time is a tourniquet for scars but what heals the injury?
Is power good, bad…
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Psychic Mediums vs Buddhist Monks
Who would have the better handle on how the true nature of reality is organised? For example what karma actually is and and how we discharge our obligations towards it; our free will in selecting a new incarnation. Logic dictates that the more…
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