Fifty Demonic States of Mind (12)
“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 crave for entering cessation, so he starts investigating the nature of mental transformation, fervidly seeking the profound depths of emptiness.
“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 vacuity, claiming that he has attained ultimate Nirvana, and setting up an altar to preach the demon’s methods.
“In the midst of the preaching, he may suddenly make his body disappear, and no one in the audience can see him; then out of nowhere, he reappears again. He has total mastery over his appearing and disappearing. He can also make his body as transparent as crystal. Or he may emit the fragrance of sandalwood through his hands or feet. Or he may turn his feces and urine into sweet rock candy.
“He slanders the precepts and slights the monastics. He often says that there is no cause and no effect, that there is no afterlife, that there is no rebirth, that there is no distinction between sages and ordinary beings. Although he can enter a state of empty stillness at will, he covertly indulges in acts of greed and desire. People who are subjected to his lusts will also adopt the views of nihility and abandon the teaching of cause and effect.
“This demon was originally a vital energy generated by an eclipse of the sun or moon, then incubated into precious metal or gemstone like gold or jade, or some rare medicinal fungus or herb, or special creature like unicorn, phoenix, tortoise or crane. Having passed tens of thousands of years without dying, it became a spirit to be reborn into this world. And then it turned 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，心爱入灭，研究化性，贪求深空。尔时天魔，候得其便，飞精附人，口说经法。其人终不觉知魔着，亦言自得无上涅槃 ，来彼求空善男子处，敷座说法。于大众内，其形忽空，众无所见；还从虚空突然而出，存没自在。或现其身洞如琉璃，或垂手足作 栴檀气，或大小便如厚石蜜。诽谤戒律，轻贱出家。口中常说无因无果，一死永灭，无复后身，及诸凡圣。虽得空寂，潜行贪欲 。受其欲者，亦得空心，拨无因果。此名日月薄蚀精气，金玉芝草，麟凤龟鹤，经千万年，不死为灵，出生国土，年老成魔 。恼乱是人，厌足心生，去彼人体，弟子与师多陷王难。汝当先觉，不入轮回；迷惑不知，堕无间狱。
Buddha Mind 