Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

218 VimuttimaggaQ. What is the difference between the supernormal power of resolveand the supernormal power of transformation? A. In the supernormalpower of resolve, one resolves without discarding the form. In the supernormalpower of transformation, one discards the form. This is the difference.The supernormal power of transformation has ended.%SUPERNORMAL POWER CAUSED BY MINDNow the yogin wishes to acquire the supernormal power caused by themind. Having got control of mind, he develops the bases of supernormalpower and enters into the fourth meditation, jhana. Rising therefrom peacefully,he attends to the interior of his body with the thought: "It is like anempty pot". Further that yogin meditates thus: "Within this hollow body ofmine I will cause changes as I like. I will cause it to change". And in changing,he resolves through knowledge thus: "Following it I will accomplish!".Thus considering, he accomplishes the change. By this means, he makesmany forms. Thereafter he engages himself in various activities. If theyogin wishes to go to the world of Brahma with a created body, he creates itin the form of a Brahma before entering the Brahma world. The form whichis made according to his will is complete with all factors, and there is nofaculty wanting in it. If [443] the possessor of supernormal power walksto and fro, that created man also walks to and fro. If the possessor ofsupernormal power sits, or lies down, or sends forth vapour and flame, orasks questions, or answers, that created man also sits or lies down, sends forthvapour and flame, or asks questions, or answers. Because that made formsprings from supernormal power, it does so. 1The supernormal power caused by mind has endedXMISCELLANEOUS TEACHINGSWhat are the miscellaneous teachings? The form which supernormaladissamdnena pi kdyena dhammarh deseti, dissamdnena pi hetthimena upaddhakdyenaadissamdnena pi uparimena upaddhakdyena dhammarh deseti, dissamdnena pi uparimenaupaddhakdyena adissamdnena pi hetthimena upaddhakdyena dhammarh deseti. So pakativannarhvijahitva kumdrakavannam vd dasseti, ndgavannarh vd dasseti, supannavannarhvd dasseti, yakkhavannam vd dasseti, Indavannam vd dasseti, devavannam vd dasseti,Brahmavannam vd dasseti, samuddavannam vd dasseti, pabbatavannarh vd dasseti, vanavannarhvd dasseti, sihavannam vd dasseti, byagghavannam vd dasseti, dipivannam vd dasseti,hatthivannam vd dasseti, assarh pi dasseti, ratharh pi dasseti, pattirh pi dasseti, vividham pisendbyuham dasseti. Ayarh vikubband iddhi.1. Pts. II, 210-11: Katamd manomaya iddhi? Idha bhikkhu imamhd kdyd ahham kdyarhabhinimmindti rupim manomayam sabbangapaccangam ahinindriyam. Seyyathapi purisomunjamhd isikarh pavdheyya, tassa evam assa—'Ayarh munjo ayarh isikd, anno muhjo anfidisikd, munjamhd tv eva isikd pavd\hd"'ti; seyyathapi vd pana puriso asim kosiya pavdheyya,tassa evam assa—''Ayarh asi ayarh kosi, anno asi anna kosi, kosiya tv eva asi pavdlho? ti;seyyathapi vd pana puriso ahirh karandd uddhareyya, tassa evam assa—'Ayarh asi ayarhkarando, anno asi anno karando, karandd tv eva ahi ubbhato' ti. Evam evam bhikkhu imamhdkdyd ahham kdyarh abhinimmindti rupim manomayam sabbangapaccangam ahinindriyam.Ayarh manomaya iddhi.