Friends:
Suprahuman
Force is gained by Establishing 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 formed 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 & I
vanish; I go fully unhindered through a wall, through a barricade,
even through a massive granite mountain as if through open space;
I dive in and out of the earth at 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 Nikaya.
[V:303]
section 52: Anuruddha. Thread 12: Suprahuman Force!
Details
and references for further study:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/One_and_only_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Four_Foundations_of_Awareness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/sa/saavatthi.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/j/jetavana.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/b_f/brahma_loka.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/brahmaloka.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Sati_Studies.htm
Suprahuman Force!