Fifty Demonic States of Mind (11)
“Further, after the sense-perception skandha is gone, while being in the Samadhi with perfect clarity and without any mental distress, the good practitioner may give rise to a longing for supernatural powers and transformations, so he starts investigating how the transformations come about and fervidly desires to possess the powers.
“Seizing this long-awaited opportunity, a demon from the heavens will descend on someone to possess that person, using him as a mouthpiece to expound his own theories. Without realizing that he’s been possessed, that person will come to the whereabouts of the good practitioner who seeks for supernatural powers, claiming that he has attained ultimate Nirvana, and setting up an altar to preach the demon’s methods.
“Holding fire in his hands, this possessed person may distribute flame atop each listener’s head. The flames can rise to several feet high, yet no one will feel hot or get burned. Or he may walk on water as if on dry land, or sit still in midair, or enter with ease into a jar or a bag. Or he may pass through closed windows or walls without obstruction. He may only lose his composure when being attacked by weapons.
“Wearing the clothing of a layman, receiving bows from Bhikshus, he self-proclaims to be a Buddha. He slanders the practice of Dhyana and the keeping of precepts. He scolds his followers, exposes their private affairs and subject them to ridicule and contempt.
“He often speaks of supernatural powers and self-mastery. And he may enable people to have glimpses of Buddha-lands, although of course those are unreal and created only by the demon’s power to delude people. Instead of condemning lewd acts, he praises lustful indulgence of all sorts and use them to transmit his teachings.
“This demon may be a goblin of heaven and earth, or of mountain, or of sea, or of wind, or of river, or of dirt, or of grass-and-tree, that has evolved over eons; or a goblin of dragon, or an ascetic master reborn as a goblin or possessed by a goblin because his body does not decay in time, a goblin who then turns into a demon in its old age to disturb practitioners. Once it has become weary of the game, it will abandon the person it possessed, and subsequently the followers and the ‘teacher’ will get into trouble with the law.
“You all should be vigilant about this and steer clear of the unfortunate cycle of transmigration; otherwise, if you become confused, you will fall into the Unrelenting Hell.”
又善男子，受阴虚妙，不遭邪虑，圆定发明，三摩地中，心爱神通种种变化，研究化元，贪取神力。尔时天魔 ，候得其便，飞精附人，口说经法。其人诚不觉知魔着，亦言自得无上涅槃，来彼求通善男子处，敷座说法。是人或复手执火光，手撮其光，分于所听四众头上 ；是诸听人，顶上火光皆长数尺，亦无热性，曾不焚烧。或水上行，如履平地。或于空中安坐不动，或入瓶内 ，或处囊中。越牖透垣，曾无障碍。唯于刀兵不得自在。自言是佛，身着白衣，受比丘礼，诽谤禅律，骂詈徒众 ，讦露人事，不避讥嫌。口中常说神通自在，或复令人旁见佛土。鬼力惑人，非有真实。赞叹行淫，不毁粗行，将诸猥媟以为传法。此名天地大力 、山精、海精、风精、河精、土精，一切草木积劫精魅；或复龙魅，或寿终仙再活为魅；或仙期终，计年应死，其形不化，他怪所附 ，年老成魔。恼乱是人，厌足心生，去彼人体，弟子与师俱陷王难。汝当先觉，不入轮回；迷惑不知，堕无间狱。
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