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only by your command that I sit above you, for I should
take my place below." Bowing to the lama, he climbed
high upon the mountain.
When both had taken up their seats, water immediately
began to descend in a great torrent, rushing down the
mountainside towards the conceited lama. However, it
did not quite reach him, forming a great suspended mass
hanging over his head. The water was caused by the
power of the venerable thin one, but he was prevented
from drowning the lama by the grace of the guru.
It is the rule that when one with the five powers meets
anyone who has developed the sixth, then the five
cannot operate in the presence of the perfected sixth
power. Therefore, in this case, the lama could do
nothing, and although his powers were really in
abeyance, he still wondered, "Perhaps it is by my power
that the waters are being held back."
Then the Venerable Trikalajnana guru appeared in the
sky riding a lion (the symbol of Majusri, Bodhisattva of
Wisdom) and advised the lama: "Do not have pride. I
have come to save you, for what could you do against
this disciple? Come into my vihara and I shall give you
good instructions. You will be my good disciple."
Westerners who become interested in Buddhism are
often curious about these supernormal powers but they
should strive to attain the last one (asrava-ksaya)
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