Guest guest Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 Friends: The four Ways to Force (iddhi-pada): 1: The Concentration of Will joined with the effort of Determination. 2: The Concentration of Energy fused with the effort of Determination. 3: The Concentration of Thought linked with the effort of Determination. 4: The Concentration of Investigation coupled with the effort of Determination. Which forces ? The force of perfect determination. The force of making many copies of oneself. The force of transformation i.e. adopting whatever form. The force of mind-made creation of another mentally produced body. The force of penetrating knowledge e.g. to remain unhurt in any danger. The force of penetrating concentration producing whatever wished result. The force of experiencing whatever is repulsive as attractive & agreeable. The force of experiencing whatever is attractive as repulsive & disagreeable. The force of freely accepting or rejecting whatever whether attractive or repulsive. The force of remaining in equanimity faced with either the attractive or the repulsive. Details see: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn51-020.html Friendship is the Greatest ! Bhikkhu Samāhita, Sri Lanka. Buddha-Direct http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/TrueDhamma Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Friendship is the GREATEST! The whole motivation of the Noble life! : - ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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