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Old 10-17-2006, 12:04 AM   #108
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Originally Posted by daveyboy View Post
Yah, that's an excellent point, I never really thought of it like that. The term supernatural is very subjective. I don't really have the response to that. I'd agree with you though that the Buddha and other 'enlightened beings' Boddhisattvas, Arhants, Devas, etc. could do things that would appear to those that are less spiritually advanced as being supernatural, but in reality they can do these things because they are just further along in their development on the margha (spiritual path)
I look at so called spiritually advanced beings doing so called supernatural feats as just another way of leading the unwary down the garden path. What good
does it do to walk on water or change water into wine if I am still left in ignorance and are no closer to knowing myself. To find a teacher who can show me how to enter my inner world and find enlightenment is the true gift.
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