Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

Subjects of Meditation 217the teaching of the supernormal power of resolve in full. 1Supernormal power of resolve has ended.%SUPERNORMAL POWER OF TRANSFORMATIONNow the yogin, wishing to acquire the supernormal power of transformation,practises the four bases of supernormal power. He gets control of themind. He makes his body easy in his mind; and he makes his mind easy inhis body. He makes his mind easy with his body; and he makes his body easywith his mind. He resolves upon his mind with his body; and he resolvesupon his body with his mind. The perception of bliss and the perception oflightness adhere to his body. In that he abides. Practising thus that yoginreaches the acme of lightness, making his body exceedingly pliant and reachesthe capacity-limit of resolve, even as an iron ball made red-hot is capable ofbeing fashioned into any shape easily. Thus having through mental culturemade his mind pliant and capable of resolve, he resolves to fill his body withhis mind. If that yogin wishes to take the form of a boy, he, discarding hisform, enters the fourth meditation, jhana, and rising from it peacefully changesinto the form of a boy, gradually. In changing his body, he resolves throughknowledge: "May I fulfil the form of a boy!". Thus resolving, he can fulfilthe form of a boy. In the same way in changing into the form of a snake or ofa garulq, a yakkha, an asura, or into the form of Sakka-Inda or Brahma, theocean, a mountain, a forest, a lion, a tiger, a leopard, an elephant, a horse,infantry, groups of an army, he resolves through knowledge thus: "May Ifulfil the form of infantry!". Resolving thus, he fulfils the form of infantry(and so on). 21. Pts. II, 209-10:l Ydva Brahmalokd pi kdyena vasaih vattetiti. Sace so iddhimd cetovasippattoBrahmalokam gantukdmo hoti, dure pi santike adhitthati 'santike hotutV santike hoti,santike pi dure adhitthati 'dure hotutV dure hoti; bahukam pi thokam adhitthati 'thokamhotutV thokam hoti, thokam pi bahukam adhitthati 'bahukam hotutV bahukam hoti; dibbenacakkhund tassa Brahmuno riipam passati, dibbdya sotadhatuyd tassa Brahmuno saddamsundti, cetopariyahdnena tassa Brahmuno cittam pajdndti. Sace so iddhimd cetovasippattodissamdnena kdyena Brahmalokam gantukdmo hoti, kdyavasena cittam parinameti, kdyavasenacittam adhitthati; kdyavasena cittam parinametva kdyavasena cittam adhitthahitvasukhasahhah ca lahusanhah ca okkamitva dissamdnena kdyena Brahmalokam gacchati.Sace so iddhimd cetovasippatto adissamdnena kdyena Brahmalokam gantukdmo hoti,cittavasena kdyarh parinameti, cittavasena kdyarh adhitthati; cittavasena kdyamnena kdyena Brahmalokam gacchati. So tassa Brahmuno purato riipam abhinimmindtimanomayam sabbahgapaccahgam ahinindriyam. Sace so iddhimd cahkamati, nimmito pitattha cahkamati; sace so iddhimd titthati, nimmito pi tattha tiuhati; sace so iddhimdnisidati, nimmito pi tattha nisidati; sace so iddhimd seyyam kappeti, nimmito pi tatthaseyyam kappeti; sace so iddhimd dhupdyati, nimmito pi tattha dhupdyati; sace so iddhimdpajjalati, nimmito pi tattha pajjalati; sace so iddhimd dhammam bhasati, nimmito pi tatthadhammarh bhasati; sace so iddhimd pahharh pucchati, nimmito pi tattha pahham pucchati;sace so iddhimd pahham puUho vissajjeti, nimmito pi tattha pahham puttho vissajjeti; saceso iddhimd tena Brahmund saddhim santitthati sallapati sdkaccham samdpajjati, nimmitopi ti tattha tena Brahmund saddhim santitthati sallapati sdkaccham samdpajjati; Yah hadeva hi so iddhimd karoti, tan tad eva hi so nimmito karotiti. Ayam adhitthand iddhi.2. Pts. II, 210: Katamd vikubband iddhi?Sikhissa Bhagavato Arahato Sammdsambuddhassa Abhibhu nama sdvako Brahmalokefhito sahassilokadhatum sarena vihhdpeti. So dissamdnena pi kdyena dhammam deseti tparin