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is sitting and eating in an assembly of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and
saints, meeting with his parents and receiving jewels, or lying
down on an ivory bed with white clean mattress and sheets,
crossing an ocean, or washing up in a big river, large ponds and
lakes. He is entering a temple, a tower or a monk’s room. He is in
an assembly listening to the Buddha Dharma, seeing Buddha
sitting on a jewel seat, lecturing to the human and celestial beings
in the eightfold division, seeing Prateyka Buddhas lecturing on
the doctrine of the twelve linked causations, or a saint talking
about the four fruits of practice, or a Bodhisattva preaching the
doctrine of the six Perfections, or the Great Energy Celestial
King preaching the doctrine of bliss in heaven, or Upasaka
preaching the doctrine of detachment of the world, or Upasaki
preaching the doctrine of detachment from woman's attraction. I n
his dreams, he sees a king, or powerful Atula, or a virtuous
Brahman, or a noble handsome gentleman or noble virtuous
ladies, or a righteous kind and wealthy person. One sees his
family and himself being reunited. He sees a saintly ascetic and
other saints reciting Dharanis or displaying their magic. One is
swallowing the sun, the moon and floating in the ocean while
living beings drift into one's belly. One is drinking the water of
the four seas and riding a Dragon, which spouts water all over the
four great continents, or is flying up and sitting on Mt. Merou
where he receives homage from the Dragon Kings of four
continents. He is walking in the middle of a blazing fire, or
seeing a woman hiding herself in his body.
O Subahuh! When the virtues of the practitioner are almost
completed, there will be such wonderful dreams to indicate that
his achievement will be in the next fifteen days to a month. I t i s
impossible to tell all the numerous dreams of the Dharani
practitioner, I can only briefly summarize as such. If one is