Suprahuman
Force is gained by Awareness!
Once when the Venerable
Anuruddha was dwelling at
Savatthi
in
Jeta's Grove,
Anāthapindika's Park, a number of Bhikkhus went to
the Venerable
Anuruddha and exchanged polite
greetings with him.
Then they sat down & asked the Venerable
Anuruddha: Venerable
Sir: What has the Venerable Anuruddha developed & cultivated so
that he has attained to his famous greatness of direct knowledge?
It is, friends, because I have developed and cultivated these four
Foundations of Awareness
that I have won great direct
knowledge.
What four? Here, friends, I dwell constantly contemplating upon:
The
body
only as a framed group, neither as I, me, mine, nor a self...
The
feelings
only as passing reactions, neither as I, mine, nor self...
The
mind
only as habitual & transient moods, neither as I, nor self...
All
phenomena only as constructed mental states, not as any real...
while eager,
clearly comprehending,
& fully
aware, thereby removing
all desire & frustration rooted in this world!
It is, friends, because
I have developed & cultivated these
Four
Foundations of Awareness
that I have become empowered with suprahuman force: Having
been
one, I become many; having been many, I become one; I appear and I
vanish; I go fully
unhindered through a wall, through any barricade,
even through a massive granite mountain as if through open space;
I dive in and out of the earth as if
it were water; I travel in space
like a bird seated cross-legged, I walk on water without sinking as
though it were solid earth; with my hand I touch the moon and sun
so powerful and mighty; I master this body and any form as far as
the fine dark matter
Brahma
World...
Source (edited extract):
The
Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya.
[V:303]
section 52: Anuruddha. Thread 12: Suprahuman Force!
Details and references for further study:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/One_and_only_Way.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Four_Foundations_of_Awareness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/sa/saavatthi.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/j/jetavana.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/b_f/brahma_loka.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/brahmaloka.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Sati_Studies.htm
