Siddhi!

Zen Student:

“Master, how does one achieve Siddhi[1]?”

Zen Master:

“Come closer and I will tell you how in secret.”

Zen student approaches.

Zen Master slaps him!.

“That is all the Siddhi you ever will need”

[i]Reflections:

Buddhism emphasizes the most important Siddhi are:

Knowledge of one’s enlightenment, which is the utter destruction of three roots of existence: Craving, hatred and ignorance.

Anything else is hubris. While it is easy to say one meditates not to become superman/woman, meditators are frequently attracted to and go astray for more simple reasons.

Being in touch with one’s own thoughts, emotions, memory and images, these meditators start to use these experiences in their daily lives eg. manipulating others, scheming, planning, plotting… none of which lead to release but plunges them further into the cycle of life and most likely Hell.

Dr Tan 

@ 20 hoot kiam road

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[1] Siddhi are extraordinary psycho-physical power, such as to become one and many at the same time, levitation, reading minds, speaking in different languages, even to animals.

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[i] 景 德 錄， 大 正 51：436。