Fifty Demonic States of Mind (6)
“Further, after the sense-perception skandha is gone, while being in the Samadhi with perfect clarity and without any worries, the good practitioner may give rise to a craving for spiritual unity, so he fervidly refines his mind to the subtlest level to seek for merging his mind with all the sages.
“And so, 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 craves for unity, claiming that he has attained ultimate Nirvana, and setting up an altar to preach the demon’s methods. He will not cause any external changes to himself or his audience, but he will make them start experiencing ‘mental transformation’ even before hearing the teaching, by enabling them either to recall their past lives, or to read other people’s minds, or to see the hells, or to know all the good and evil occurrences in the human realm. Or he may enable them to speak in verses spontaneously or to recite sutras effortlessly. Everyone will rejoice in their newly acquired capabilities.
“The practitioner then be fooled into thinking that the demon-possessed person is a Bodhisattva. Obsession and attachment will enter his mind, causing him to break the Buddha’s precepts and engaging in all sorts of indulgence.
“The possessed person will ardently preach that which Buddhas are greater and which are lesser, which Buddhas are senior and which are junior, which Buddhas are true and which are false, which Buddhas are male and which are female, and will say the same of Bodhisattvas. Hearing this, people get brainwashed, easily carried away by deviant ideas.
“This demon is an animal-possessing ghost who has 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，心爱绵[淴-心+日]，澄其精思，贪求契合。尔时天魔 ，候得其便，飞精附人，口说经法。其人实不觉知魔着，亦言自得无上涅槃，来彼求合善男子处，敷座说法 。其形及彼听法之人，外无迁变，令其听者，未闻法前，心自开悟，念念移易。或得宿命，或有他心，或见地狱，或知人间好恶诸事，或口说偈，或自诵经 。各各欢娱，得未曾有。是人愚迷，惑为菩萨，绵爱其心，破佛律仪，潜行贪欲。口中好言：佛有大小，某佛先佛，某佛后佛，其中亦有真佛假佛 ，男佛女佛，菩萨亦然。其人见故，洗涤本心，易入邪悟。此名魅鬼，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。
Buddha Mind 