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Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

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THE PATH OF FREEDOMFASCICLE THE NINTHWRITTENBYTHE ARAHANT UPATISSAWHO WAS CALLEDGREAT LIGHT IN RYOTRANSLATED IN RYOBYTIPITAKA SANGHAPALA OF FUNANTHE FIVE FORMS OF HIGHER KNOWLEDGECHAPTER THE NINTHNow, when that yogin, having practised concentration, dwells easy inthe fourth meditation, jhana, he is able to cause the arising <strong>of</strong> the fiveforms <strong>of</strong> higher knowledge, namely, supernormal power, 1 divine hearing, 2knowledge <strong>of</strong> others' thoughts, 3 recollection <strong>of</strong> former lives, 4 divine sight. 5"Supernormal power" means "transformation". "Divine hearing" means"beyond the reach <strong>of</strong> human audition". "Knowledge <strong>of</strong> others' thoughts"means "the understanding <strong>of</strong> others' thoughts". "Recollection <strong>of</strong> formerlives" means "the remembrance <strong>of</strong> past lives". "Divine sight" means "beyondthe reach <strong>of</strong> human vision".Q. How many kinds <strong>of</strong> supernormal power are there? Who developsit? What is the procedure?THREE KINDS OF SUPERNORMAL POWERA. There are three kinds <strong>of</strong> supernormal power, namely, the supernormalpower <strong>of</strong> resolve, the supernormal power <strong>of</strong> transformation, the supernormalpower caused by mind. What is the supernormal power <strong>of</strong> resolve? Thatyogin being one becomes many; and being many becomes one. Developingthe body, he reaches the world <strong>of</strong> Brahma. This is called the supernormalpower <strong>of</strong> resolve. 6 What is the supernormal power <strong>of</strong> transformation? Thatyogin discards his natural body and appears in the form <strong>of</strong> a boy or a snake1. Iddhividha. 2. Dibbasotafidna 3. Cetopariyandna. 4. Pubbenivdsdnussatifidna.5. Dibbacakkhundna.6. Cp. Pts. II, 207-10: Katamd aditthand iddhil Idha bhikkhu anekaviditam iddhividhampaccanubhoti: eko pi hutvd bahudha hoti, bahudhapi hutvd eko hoti... .ydva Brahmalokdpi kdyena vasam vatteti... Ay am aditthand iddhi.209

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