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According to Bowker, there are eight ''iddhi'' powers:
# Replicate and project bodily images of oneself,
# Make oneself invisible,
# Pass through solid objects,
# Sink into solid ground,
# Walk on water,
# Fly,
# Touch the sun and moon with one's hand,
# Ascend to the world of the god Brahmā in the highest heavens
According to the Iddhipada-vibhanga Sutta (SN 51.20)Iddhipada-vibhanga Sutta: Analysis of the Bases of Power
/ref> # Having been one he becomes many; having been many he becomes one. # He appears. He vanishes. # He goes unimpeded through walls, ramparts, & mountains as if through space. # He dives in and out of the earth as if it were water. # He walks on water without sinking as if it were dry land. # Sitting crosslegged he flies through the air like a winged bird. # With his hand he touches & strokes even the sun & moon, so mighty & powerful. # He exercises influence with his body even as far as the Brahma worlds. In the book Great Disciples of the Buddha by Nyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker, there are several additional powers described. #The Divine Eye (Clairvoyance)- this power allows one to see beings in other realms as well as see the future #The Divine Ear (Clairaudience) #Travel by Mind-Made Body (Astral Travel) #Travel with the Physical Body (to other realms) #Telekinesis (Supernormal Locomotion) #Flying #The power of Transformation #The ability to replicate one's body #Penetration of others' minds (Thought Reading) #Passing through solid objects #Diving in and out of the Earth as if through water #Walking on water #Touching the sun and the moon with one's fingers #Becoming invisible #Recollection of past lives (some would call this a power, some would call it true knowledge)
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''Iddhi'' (Pali
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; Sanskrit
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: ''rddhi'') in Buddhism
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refers to "psychic powers", one of the six supranormal powers (''abhijñā
Abhijñā ( sa, अभिज्ञा; Pali pronunciation: ''abhiññā''; bo, མངོན་ཤེས ''mngon shes''; ) is a Buddhist term generally translated as "direct knowledge", "higher knowledge"Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-5), pp. 64-65. o ...
'') attained by advanced meditation through the four ''dhyānas''. The main sense of the word seems to be "potency".
List of iddhi powers
According to Bowker, there are eight ''iddhi'' powers:
# Replicate and project bodily images of oneself,
# Make oneself invisible,
# Pass through solid objects,
# Sink into solid ground,
# Walk on water,
# Fly,
# Touch the sun and moon with one's hand,
# Ascend to the world of the god Brahmā in the highest heavens
According to the Iddhipada-vibhanga Sutta (SN 51.20)/ref> # Having been one he becomes many; having been many he becomes one. # He appears. He vanishes. # He goes unimpeded through walls, ramparts, & mountains as if through space. # He dives in and out of the earth as if it were water. # He walks on water without sinking as if it were dry land. # Sitting crosslegged he flies through the air like a winged bird. # With his hand he touches & strokes even the sun & moon, so mighty & powerful. # He exercises influence with his body even as far as the Brahma worlds. In the book Great Disciples of the Buddha by Nyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker, there are several additional powers described. #The Divine Eye (Clairvoyance)- this power allows one to see beings in other realms as well as see the future #The Divine Ear (Clairaudience) #Travel by Mind-Made Body (Astral Travel) #Travel with the Physical Body (to other realms) #Telekinesis (Supernormal Locomotion) #Flying #The power of Transformation #The ability to replicate one's body #Penetration of others' minds (Thought Reading) #Passing through solid objects #Diving in and out of the Earth as if through water #Walking on water #Touching the sun and the moon with one's fingers #Becoming invisible #Recollection of past lives (some would call this a power, some would call it true knowledge)
See also
*Abhijñā
Abhijñā ( sa, अभिज्ञा; Pali pronunciation: ''abhiññā''; bo, མངོན་ཤེས ''mngon shes''; ) is a Buddhist term generally translated as "direct knowledge", "higher knowledge"Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-5), pp. 64-65. o ...
* Bodhipakkhiyādhammā
In Buddhism, the ''bodhipakkhiyā dhammā'' (Pali; variant spellings include ''bodhipakkhikā dhammā'' and ''bodhapakkhiyā dhammā''; Skt.: ''bodhipaka dharma'') are qualities (''dhammā'') conducive or related to (''pakkhiya'') awakening/unde ...
* Buddhist paths to liberation
The Buddhist path (''marga'') to liberation, also referred to as awakening, is described in a wide variety of ways. The classical one is the Noble Eightfold Path, which is only one of several summaries presented in the Sutta Pitaka. A number of ...
* Dhyāna in Buddhism
In the oldest texts of Buddhism, ''dhyāna'' () or ''jhāna'' () is a component of the training of the mind ('' bhavana''), commonly translated as meditation, to withdraw the mind from the automatic responses to sense-impressions, "burn up" th ...
* Four Right Exertions
The Four Right Exertions (also known as, Four Proper Exertions, Four Right Efforts, Four Great Efforts, Four Right Endeavors or Four Right Strivings) (Pali: '; Skt.: ' or ') are an integral part of the Buddhist path to Enlightenment (understan ...
* Iddhipada
''Iddhipāda'' (Pali; Skt. ''ddhipāda'') is a compound term composed of "power" or "potency" (''iddhi''; ''ddhi'') and "base," "basis" or "constituent" (''pāda''). In Buddhism, the "power" referred to by this compound term is a group of spirit ...
* Kevatta Sutta
The Kevatta Sutta (or Kevaddha) is a Buddhist scripture, one of the texts in the Digha Nikaya (long discourses collection) of the Pali Canon. The scripture takes its name from the householder Kevatta, who invites the Buddha to display various mira ...
* Levitation (paranormal)
Levitation or transvection in the paranormal context is the rising of a human body and other objects into the air by mystical means. While believed by some in certain religious and New Age communities to occur as a result of supernatural, psyc ...
* Miracles of Lord Buddha
* Samatha
* Vipassanā
References
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