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In India, there was one who achieved the High level. He
took 500 people with him up in the air. Here, in China, a man
named Huai' Nan Wang recited the Dharani while he prepared a
medicine potion. The chickens and dogs came by and licked the
left over medicine in the cauldron. They were seen up in the air.
That's why we have this saying: “Huai' Nan's enlightenment, the
dogs barked in the clouds. Wa'ng Qiao becoming Imortal, swords
flew in the sky.” Such is the power of simple worldly medicine,
let alone the indisputable power of the Buddha's Dharani.
From Magical Transfiguration Petition: “There are people
who deny the efficiency of the Dharani by saying that the idea of
people flying in the daylight is pure fabrication. The people who
say that have never practiced the Dharani”.
From Great Teacher King Dharani Sutra: “...or to help
him marry the Dragon King's daughter; to make Yakscha his
servant, to have authority to go in the palace of Asura. He can
recite Dharani to a corpse who will tell him how to find precious
metals underground, how to change common medicine into holy
elixir, or to show him the directions to the treasure trove.
People seldom hear about Dharani doctrine in the
Theravada School. That is why the enlightened sage of the past
say s:”Apart from the three vehicles, Dharani is really a doctrine
for realization.”
*Question: If Buddha wants to end greed, anger, and
stupidity, why does he make people greedy?
*Answer: The Buddhas have many means beyond one’s
thought or comprehension to save people. For people that cannot
understand the Bodhi Doctrine, they are made to recite Dharani
to fulfill their wishes. Through the power of Dharani, which is