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Dear Bhikkhu Santidhamma,

< If you're determined to interpret away the Dabba-Mallaputta sutta as
having
nothing to do with psychic powers, how are you going to interpret the
'eightfold iddhi'? - a few bits come to mind: ''he dives in and out of the
earth as if it were water, he passes through walls, ramparts and mountains
unimpeded, he walks on water, he flies cross-legged through the air, he
appears, he vanishes, and he strokes the Sun and the Moon with his hand, he
weilds master of the [mind-made-] body as far as the brahmaa worlds. >

Exactly! And as I have mentioned in a earlier posting he was an expert in
mastering the tejodhaatu, examples of which are hilarious. Don't forget that
Moggallaana was an acknowledged expert of magic and miracles too! Why not
accept the recorded tradition for the sake of historical truth?

Ole Pind



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