更多關於神通 More about pyschic power

神通其實是修行上一個很大的障礙

為什麼我們想有神通？ 

許多時是因為我慢--想要變得與眾不同、特別、比人好

也可能是因為貪慾---當有神通後，就可以得到許多利益、尊重、名譽

當煩惱不斷增加，我們的修行還不玩完（完蛋）？ 

煩惱其實等於痛苦，我們的精神痛苦必然會增加

比如說，我們有天眼通、他心通等等

除非我們是阿羅漢，如果我們想給人知道，許多時都是煩惱作崇，想讓人知道自己很厲害

一給人知道，後患無窮

有時別人有問題，如果我們有神通的話（只是說如果），可能會可憐他，然後露神通來幫他

而人通常是不會知足的，肯定會抓住我們不放---追女孩子又找我們，買彩票又找我們，想升職又找我們，想知道未來又找我們.....

最糟糕的是他把這個傳開來，然後就麻煩了

將會有絡繹不絕的人來找我們，但是是來問事的：我很好奇，現在他他他在想什麼？我過去世是怎樣的？我親人死了之後去哪裡了？可以變黃金給我嗎？😂 

如果我們不迎合他們，他們就可能會生氣怨恨我們

如果我們迎合他們，就會增加他們的整體煩惱和痛苦--想要這個、想要那個

真正最能幫助到大眾的，其實是去除煩惱的佛法

去除煩惱就等同於去除痛苦

如果他們成為了阿羅漢---咔嚓---不用再求來求去了😂不用煩我們了 

所以如果我們聰明的話，神通僅限自用

一給人知道就等於玩完了

沒有神通也不要緊

為什麼？

看看Elon musk ？社會上的成功人士？沒有神通不也一樣富有、有權勢、成功？

如果沒有神通、不認識有神通的人，反而可以少些煩惱😂可以少了走旁門左道的幻想和渴求

Supernatural powers are actually a significant obstacle on the spiritual path. 

Why do we desire such powers? 

Often, it’s due to conceit — the wish to stand out, to be special, or to be better than others. 

It can also stem from greed — thinking that with such powers, we can gain benefits, respect, and fame. 

When unwholesome mental states keep growing, isn’t our practice essentially ruined? 

These defilements are, in essence, suffering, and our mental distress will inevitably increase.

For example, suppose we possess clairvoyance, mind-reading abilities, and so on. 

Unless we are arahants, if we feel the urge to let others know, it’s usually driven by defilements — the desire to show how extraordinary we are.

Once others find out, the troubles are endless. 

Sometimes, if someone has a problem and we have supernatural powers (just hypothetically), we might pity them and reveal our powers to help. 

But people are rarely content — they’ll cling to us without letting go. They’ll come to us for chasing a romantic interest, buying lottery tickets, seeking promotions, wanting to know the future...

The worst is when they spread the word, and then real trouble begins. 

A steady stream of people will come seeking us — but only to ask questions: “I’m curious, what is he/she thinking right now?” “What was my past life like?” “Where did my deceased relative go?” “Can you turn things into gold for me?” 😂 

If we don’t indulge them, they may become angry and resentful. 

If we do indulge them, we only increase their overall defilements and suffering — their wants and desires multiply.

What truly helps people the most is actually the Dhamma that removes defilements. 

Removing defilements is equivalent to removing suffering. 

If they become arahants — *snap* — no more endless seeking and begging 😂 no more bothering us.

So, if we are wise, supernatural powers should be for personal use only. 

Once others know, it’s essentially game over.

Not having supernatural powers is also fine. 

Why? 

Look at Elon Musk? Successful people in society? Aren’t they wealthy, powerful, and successful without supernatural abilities? 

If we lack such powers and don’t know anyone who has them, we might actually have fewer troubles 😂 fewer fantasies and cravings for shortcuts.

Devotee: Devadatta is known to have possessed extraordinary psychic powers. Are his psychic powers attained through the true jhanas and immaterial attainments? 

Ajahn Brahm: Four jhanas, yes. But he lost them afterwards. You know why he lost them? I’ve seen many times people who, when they were young, became very famous because they did have psychic powers. But there's a danger if you start to get good meditation or psychic powers, and that is pride, ownership—thinking, “It's my psychic powers”—and you lose them. It’s almost like a safety mechanism if you try to use them for gain. Everyone knew this: Devadatta wanted to take over from the Buddha. Who did actually take over from the Buddha once the Buddha passed away? Many people asked, “Can you please appoint a successor so there's no argument once you pass away?” And the Buddha replied, “When I pass away, the Dhamma and the Vinaya will be the leader, not a person—but the teachings.” And that was an incredibly beautiful answer. He realized the danger: if you have all these incredible powers, that power will either frighten people away or attract some people who want to use it for no good purposes. So he said, “The teachings will be the teacher after I pass away.” It's really brilliant.

So he did, but he lost them afterwards. 

Devotee:How could he harbor wrong views and malicious intent when such deep meditations are the condition for seeing things as they really are?

Ajahn Brahm: Yeah, they are. Those deep meditations, the stillness, are a cause for seeing things as they really are, for wisdom. And he had that jhana, but then he lost it afterwards. Just one small little thing, such as pride, the ego , sense of self—he hadn't lost that yet. And that was the difference between someone who is a stream-winner or a once-returner and a Devadatta. Anyone who was a stream-winner would never do those sorts of things that Devadatta did. 

Devotee: If not, is it possible to have psychic powers without actually attaining a true jhana? 

Ajahn Brahm: I think yes. But that's probably the psychic powers which come from having a jhana in your previous life still remaining, some of those abilities.

Do you want psychic powers? Anyone want any? How do you get psychic powers if you want some? I will now tell you how to get psychic powers and everything else. This is what Ajahn Chah taught me. You don't need to write it down. I told you this many times. He would give talk after talk after talk on the same subject time and time again for weeks on end, and then he would change the subject and a new subject would come up. I remember him telling this story the first weeks I was at Wat Nong Pahpong, and then he never mentioned it again, and I never saw it in any book. But he said it: you want to get psychic powers and things like jhanas, the deep understandings? You should sit under a mango tree perfectly still, put out your hand, and let the mango fall. I told you that story many times, and it's a gorgeous anecdote and also a gorgeous simile.

The Buddha never went to Thailand to plant mango trees. There were no mango trees in Wat Nong Pahpong when I was a young monk. And if you did find a mango tree—you've seen mango trees in many parts of the world—how do you get a mango? You climb up the tree, or you throw a stick at it, get a ladder or something, get all the mangoes you want. But Ajahn Chah said, “No, you can't get those mangoes that way. There's only one way to get those mangoes. Sit perfectly still under the mango tree, hold out your hand, and the mango will fall.” I never understood that simile for years, but now you get it. Holding out your hand is a simile of kindness. But be still, be kind, and things will come to you. And I didn't mention that to many people because that was the one teaching which was guiding my one-month retreat during the rainy retreat just a couple of months ago. It's really perfect.

When I do long retreats for myself—okay, I haven't got one myself, but my five *khandhas*—I always usually choose one teaching which always really meant something to me and just focus on that again and again and again, until you really understand it really deeply. Have you ever read some of the teachings of the Buddha? That's what the Buddha did. I told people, he just gave one teaching, a small one, and they go off into the forest and they come back fully enlightened. Sometimes—I shouldn't say this—but you know too much; it confuses you. So many teachings to remember. If you're going on a retreat, just get one or two really nice teachings, mantras, which really mean something to you, and just keep focusing on them and see it deeper and deeper and deeper. So then those are great teachings. Sit there and just don't do anything. Put your hand out, have kindness. That's all. Sit under the mango tree perfectly still but being kind, and things will fall. That's true. That's what happens.

So anyhow, that's—sometimes I talk too much, I agree. (but) That's how enlightenment happens. Okay.

2025 October (3/18) | 9 day Retreat | Ajahn Brahm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvLPf3YZjaI&list=PLf9HOK_Rf1M64DjGAtJ-I0-xNRgPiP3Sr&index=3

信眾：提婆達多據說擁有非凡的神通力。他的神通是透過真正的禪那和無色界定獲得的嗎？

尊者布拉姆：是的，四禪。但他後來失去了。你知道他為什麼失去嗎？我見過很多人，年輕時因為擁有神通力而變得非常有名。但是，如果你開始獲得良好的禪定或神通力，其中有一個危險，那就是驕傲、佔有欲——想著「這是我的神通力」——然後你就會失去它。這幾乎像是一種安全機制，如果你試圖利用它們來獲取利益。眾所周知，提婆達多想取代佛陀。佛陀去世後，實際上誰接替了佛陀呢？許多人問：「請您指定一位繼承人，這樣您去世後就不會有爭論了，好嗎？」佛陀回答說：「當我去世後，法和律將是領導者，而不是某個人——而是教義。」這是一個極其美妙的回答。他意識到了危險：如果你擁有所有這些不可思議的力量，那種力量要麼會嚇跑人們，要麼會吸引一些想利用它做壞事的人。所以他說：「我去世後，教法將成為老師。」這真的很了不起。

所以他確實（擁有神通），但後來失去了。

信眾：當如此深的禪定是如實觀見事物的條件時，他怎麼可能懷有邪見和惡意呢？

尊者布拉姆：是的，這些禪定確實是如實知見的條件。那些深的禪定、寂止，是如實知見事物、生起智慧的原因。他擁有那種禪那，但後來失去了。只是一件小小的事情，比如驕傲、自我感——他還沒有斷除那個。而這就是入流者或一來者與提婆達多之間的區別。任何一個入流者都不會做出提婆達多做的那種事。

信眾：如果不是這樣，是否可能不真正證得禪那就擁有神通力？

尊者布拉姆：我認為可以。但那可能是來自前世曾擁有禪那而仍然殘留的一些能力。

你們想要神通力嗎？有人想要嗎？如果你們想要，如何得到神通力呢？我現在就告訴你們如何獲得神通力以及一切。這是阿姜查教我的。你們不需要寫下來。我跟你們說過很多次了。阿姜查會一次又一次、連續數週就同一個主題不斷開示，然後他會換主題，一個新的主題會出現。我記得在我到巴蓬寺的第一週，他講了這個故事，之後他再也沒提過，我也從未在任何書中看到過。但他是這樣說的：你想獲得神通力以及像禪那這樣的深層領悟嗎？你應該在一棵芒果樹下完全靜止地坐著，伸出手，讓芒果落下。這個故事我跟你們講過很多次，它是一個美妙的故事，也是一個美妙的比喻。

佛陀從未去泰國種植芒果樹。我年輕時在農坡通寺也沒有芒果樹。而且，如果你真的找到一棵芒果樹——你在世界許多地方都見過芒果樹——你怎麼得到芒果？你爬上樹，或者用棍子去打，拿梯子之類的，就能得到所有你想要的芒果。但是阿姜查說：「不，你不能那樣得到那些芒果。只有一種方法可以得到那些芒果。完全靜止地坐在芒果樹下，伸出手，芒果就會落下。」我多年來一直不明白這個比喻，但現在你們懂了。伸出手是仁慈的比喻。但是，要保持靜止，要仁慈，事物就會來到你身邊。我沒有對很多人提過這個，因為這正是指導我幾個月前在雨安居期間進行一個月閉關的那一個教導。它真的很完美。

當我為自己做長時間的閉關時——好吧，我自己還沒有一個（閉關），但我的五蘊——我通常總是選擇一個對我總是很有意義的教導，然後一遍又一遍地專注於它，直到你真的非常深入地理解它。你們讀過一些佛陀的教導嗎？佛陀就是這樣做的。我告訴人們，他只給了一個教導，一個小小的教導，然後他們走進森林，回來時就完全覺悟了。有時候——我不該這麼說——但你知道得太多；這會讓你困惑。要記住的教導太多了。如果你要去閉關，只需選擇一兩個對你真正有意義的、真正美好的教導或咒語，然後持續專注於它們，並越來越深入地體會它。所以，那些就是偉大的教導。坐在那裡，什麼也不要做。伸出手，懷有仁慈之心。就這樣。坐在芒果樹下完全靜止，但要仁慈，事物就會落下。這是真的。事情就是這樣發生的。

總之，就是這樣——有時候我話太多了，我同意。但這就是覺悟發生的方式。好的。

2025年10月 (3/18) | 9日禪修營 | 尊者布拉姆

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvLPf3YZjaI&list=PLf9HOK_Rf1M64DjGAtJ-I0-xNRgPiP3Sr&index=3

去除煩惱比有什麼神通更為重要

比如說，我們有天眼通。

一看... 哇！紅衣女鬼啊😂

立即嚇到精神失常，要被關進精神病院

又或者，我們看到自己的未來---一個月後自己就要出車禍死了

然後接受不了，關在房裡痛哭，然後患上抑鬱症.....

天耳通呢？

聽著聽著---哇！這個人竟然說我是非？！！！

這個也是，那個也是！！！

然後生氣到心臟病發了😂

他心通也是。

哇，你這個人平時看似對我客客氣氣，原來心底裡咒我死啊？？！！

哇，原來不止你是這樣，人人都是這樣！！！

然後壓力大到瘋掉😂

宿命通也是。

看著看著自己的過去世---哇，原來下過去地獄啊？！！

然後畫面不斷重現，天天發噩夢，患上驚恐症、創傷後遺症

如意通也不要以為很好。

比如說我們可以飛啦！ 飛著飛著，突然看到帥哥美女，淫慾生起，神通立即失靈，掉下去，死掉了😂

或者我們可以穿墻。穿著穿著，想起帥哥美女，淫慾生起，神通立即失靈，卡在墻壁裡被壓扁了😂 而且死狀恐怖....

怎麼樣，是否讓心永久地平靜、快樂、清爽的漏盡通比較好？

Removing the mental defilements is far more important than having any kind of supernatural power.

For example, suppose we have the divine eye.

We look… WHOA! A red-clothed female ghost!!! 😂

We immediately get so scared that we go insane and have to be locked up in a mental hospital.

Or we see our own future: one month from now we die in a car accident.

We can’t accept it, shut ourselves in our room sobbing all day, and end up with severe depression…

What about the divine ear (clairaudience)?

We’re listening along and suddenly—WHOA! That person is bad-mouthing me?!

This person too, and that one too!!!

Then we get so angry we have a heart attack 😂

The mind-reading power is the same.

Wow, this person acts all polite to my face, but deep down they’re cursing me to die??!!

Wow, not just them—everyone is like that!!!

Then the stress drives us completely crazy 😂

Past-life recollection isn’t any better.

We look at our previous lives and—WHOA! I went to hell in my last life??!!

The scenes keep replaying, we have nightmares every night, and end up with panic disorder and PTSD.

Even the  iddhi powers  aren't as great as people think.

For example, we’re flying along happily, then we spot a hot guy or beautiful girl, lust arises, the power instantly vanishes, and we plummet to our death 😂

Or we’re walking through walls, think of that hot guy/beautiful girl, lust arises, the power disappears, and we get stuck halfway through the wall and squashed flat 😂 …and the corpse looks horrific…

So, what do we think? Isn’t the “leak-free” liberation (āsavakkhaya-ñāṇa) that brings permanent peace, happiness, and clarity to the mind way better?

Devotee: The Buddha has revealed his past life experiences and stories, some 550 of those. Why is it not okay for his disciples to do the same to inspire others? 

Ajahn Brahm: The reason why;  it's not just to inspire; you become a "freak people." They think, "You know, you've got any sort of psychic powers?" First of all, they doubt it, and next, they want to check up on it. So these days, we usually don't tell about any nuns or monks of great experiences until they're dead and they won't be bothered. And same with past life experiences.

Years ago, many years ago, when I was visiting my mother in London, a Sri Lankan Temple was really close by. You know, there was even Ananda Maitreya and a Dr. S. K. Stisa was there, and they wanted me to give a talk there. So I gave a talk, and one of the talks was titled "No Rebirth," and I gave a lovely talk on rebirth. And then afterwards, they were introducing me to this young boy; he was about 16 or 17 at that time, and he was one of the subjects in Dr. Ian Stevenson's book, *Twenty Cases Suggestive of Rebirth*. I talked to him, and the one thing I always remember he said was, "I wish I'd have never done that, to actually tell people about my previous life. ''

And I said, "Why?" And he said because he was still a schoolboy and he got teased terribly by the other kids in his classes.

You know, I've seen that so many times, that if you're slightly different, you just get teased. I remember even reading a review of, I think, a movie made about A. A. Milne's son. Oh, he actually *was* the son of A. A. Milne, and apparently, you know, that A. A. Milne wrote the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. ... when he (the son) was at school, he had a terrible time at school because they kept calling him Pooh Bear or "Pooh" or something, and he was always teased. It was in those days that people use anything to tease you. So anyway, that's one of the reasons why.

2024 November (13/19) | 9 day Retreat | Ajahn Brahm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq42fCTl5Rs&list=PLf9HOK_Rf1M7Vk1fcy0AhvSTg3Y1Ai67E&index=13

信眾：佛陀曾揭示他的前世經歷和故事，大約有550則。為什麼他的弟子不能做同樣的事來激勵他人呢？

阿姜布拉姆：原因在於，這不僅僅是為了激勵他人；你會變成「怪胎」。人們會想：「你是不是自以為有什麼神通？」首先，他們會懷疑，接著他們會想驗證。所以在這個時代，我們通常不會談論任何比丘尼或比丘的重大修行體驗，直到他們往生後才公開，那時他們才不會受到打擾。關於前世體驗也是如此。

多年前，很多年前，當我在倫敦探望母親時，附近正好有一座斯里蘭卡寺院。當時甚至阿難·彌勒羅和S.K.斯蒂沙博士也在那裡，他們請我去演講。我其中一場講題是「不再重生」，我精彩地闡述了輪迴的教義。之後，他們介紹我認識一個年輕男孩，當時大約16、17歲，他是伊恩·史蒂文森博士《二十個暗示輪迴的案例》書中的研究對象之一。我和他交談時，最讓我印象深刻的是他說：「我真希望從來沒有做過那件事（告訴別人我的前世）。」

我問：「為什麼？」他說因為他當時還是個學生，班上的其他孩子因此拼命取笑他。

你知道嗎，我見過太多這樣的例子，只要你稍微與眾不同，就會被嘲笑。我記得曾讀過一篇影評，講的是關於A.A.米恩兒子的電影。他正是《小熊維尼》故事作者A.A.米恩的兒子。你知道嗎，就因為A.A.米恩寫了小熊維尼的故事，這孩子在校期間飽受困擾——同學們總是大喊「維尼熊」或「pooh」之類的綽號來嘲笑他。在那個年代，人們會用任何理由來取笑人。總之，這就是為什麼最好不要公開談論這些的原因之一。

2024年十一月 (13/19) | 9日禪修營 | 阿姜布拉姆

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq42fCTl5Rs&list=PLf9HOK_Rf1M7Vk1fcy0AhvSTg3Y1Ai67E&index=13

Devotee: What is the link between meditation practice and the development of psychic abilities, if any? 

Ajahn Brahm: Oh my goodness, when your mind becomes very strong, it becomes strong because you're not putting so much energy into watching the body. When the mind becomes very strong, it's fantastic, but you got to be very careful again not to keep telling people about those because people would always ask you questions.

I remember this when we first came to Perth and I was basically the attendant of Ajahn Cagaro. We're sitting together in Magnolia Street Temple and this little boy came up, maybe six or seven years of age, and said, "How many?" 

And Ajahn, "How many what?" 

"How many inches?" 

"How many inches what?" 

He said, "Ajahn Cagaro, how many inches can you levitate?" That was a conversation.  He  wanted Ajahn Cagaro to levitate in front of him. 

No way. 

What happens if he did? What would happen? Imagine the amount of praise you could get when you are the monk,  Ajahn Cagaro , in the Olympic Games high jump? Come on, it's okay to be silly, but how could it work anyway?

When you get into the realm of the mind, the mind has incredible powers; it's so strong. Those powers I already mentioned that lady—she was actually a Thai princess—how she got terrified with seeing this monk with laser eyes, real. I'm not making it up. And that's always a case; you see that in some of the stories in the Pali Canon years ago, that people get terrified that someone has so much energy and power. They don't intend to use it badly.

One of my first experiences when I was at Wat Pah Pong, just a young monk not really understanding much of what was going on, and this monk came down to all the monks. He saw including me, and I was so junior, and bowed to us all, just in line. I thought, "No, look, I'm junior to you, you can't bow to me," but he did anyway. And he bowed to everybody, this monk. And of course I asked what was he doing that for. Then they told me the story that, you know, he had some great meditation and that he said he could hear these conversations a long distance away. You know, what in the suttas and Vinaya they call the divine ear; you can hear what people say long distance away, even like heavenly beings. And if anybody says that, that's a really dangerous thing to say. The monks were obliged to check him out: was this true or not? So they arranged a conversation to be told over in the village, about 6 or 8 km away in the market, and it turned out he could do that. He was right; he could hear people speaking 6 or 8 kilometers away.

And so, once it was proven to be correct, you know what this monk did? He bowed to all the monks in that monastery, including me—I was just so young, just newly ordained—and he disappeared. He went off into the jungles and the forest on the advice of Ajahn Chah--- to avoid, you know, becoming well-known and becoming famous. That's what we had to do. So if aya chanda exhibits a psychic power, then it's natural she will just disappear somewhere; you won't see her again. If *muddo* does a psychic power, she would just, at the first opportunity, go somewhere else so she can't be tracked down.

2024 November (11/19) | 9 day Retreat | Ajahn Brahm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J4MLepEUZA&list=PLf9HOK_Rf1M7Vk1fcy0AhvSTg3Y1Ai67E&index=11

信眾：禪修練習與神通的發展之間，如果有任何聯繫的話，是什麼呢？

布拉姆尊者：噢，我的天啊，當你的心變得非常強大時，它之所以強大，是因為你沒有把那麼多能量放在看身體上。當心變得非常強大時，那感覺棒極了，但你必須非常小心，不要再一直告訴別人這些事，因為人們總是會問你問題。

我記得我們剛到珀斯的時候，那時我基本上是阿姜查格羅的侍者。我們一起坐在木蘭街寺廟裡，一個小男孩走過來，大概六、七歲，他說：「多少？」阿姜問：「多少什麼？」「多少英寸？」「多少英寸什麼？」他說：「阿姜查格羅，你能飄浮多少英寸？」這就是他想要的對話。他想讓阿姜查格羅在他面前飄浮。那是不可能的。

如果他真的做了，會發生什麼事？後果會怎樣？想像一下，如果你作為阿姜查格羅這位比丘，在奧運會跳高項目中，能獲得多少讚美？拜託，開開玩笑無妨，但這怎可以發生？

當你進入心的領域時，心擁有不可思議的力量；它是如此強大。我已經提過那位女士的力量——她其實是一位泰國公主——她如何因為看到一位眼睛能發出雷射光的比丘而嚇壞了，這是真的。我不是在編故事。這種情況經常發生；你在多年前的巴利經典的一些故事中會看到，人們會因為某人擁有如此巨大的能量和力量而感到恐懼。他們並非意圖不良地使用它。

我早期的一次經歷，當時我在巴蓬寺，還是個年輕比丘，不太了解發生什麼事，有一位比丘來到所有比丘面前。他看到了包括我在內的所有人，我那時資歷很淺，他卻向我們所有人一排地頂禮。我心想：「不，你看，我資歷比你淺，你不能向我頂禮。」但他還是做了。這位比丘向每個人頂禮。當然我問了為什麼他要這樣做。然後他們告訴我那個故事，說他有了很深的禪修，並且他說他能聽到很遠距離外的對話。你知道，就是在經律中他們所稱的「天耳通」；你能聽到遠方的人說話，甚至天眾的話也能聽到。如果有人這麼說，那是一件非常危險的事。僧侶們有義務去查證：這是真的還是假的？所以他們安排了一個對話，在村子裡，大約6到8公里外的市場進行，結果證明他做得到。他是對的；他能聽到6到8公里外的人說話。

於是，一旦被證實是真的，你知道這位比丘做了什麼嗎？他向寺院裡所有的比丘頂禮，包括我——我那時還那麼年輕，剛受戒不久——然後他就消失了。他依照阿姜查的建議，進入了叢林和森林裡，以避免，你知道的，變得有名和聲名大噪。這是我們必須做的事。所以，如果 aya chanda 展現了神通，那麼她自然就會消失到某個地方；你再也見不到她。如果muddo展現了神通，她也會一有機會就跑到別的地方，這樣才不會被追蹤到。

2024年十一月 (11/19) | 九日禪修營 | 布拉姆尊者

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J4MLepEUZA&list=PLf9HOK_Rf1M7Vk1fcy0AhvSTg3Y1Ai67E&index=11

隆波帕默在2024.8.24 的開示中說：‘隆波敦長老敲那些喜歡玩神通的人的頭，說，神通不真的存在，有的只是心的能量，也就是心的力量。所以我們要讓心有力量，就不要讓心浪費能量。’

如果我們修行只是為了追求神通，那不聰明

為什麼？因為神通是可以退的😂

修習神通一般是透過修習四神足而成的。

也就是大量修習禪定、努力去除煩惱，讓心有力量

什麼東西最損耗能量？ 性慾、性行為！

聽過有女士以前是有他心通的，但一結婚了，就沒了

據說有人有天眼通，但一做鹹濕仔，就全沒了😂

所以與其追求神通，不如追求撲滅煩惱

假如我們能夠撲滅煩惱、讓心有定力有能量，什麼通都可能有！

**In his teaching on August 24, 2024, Luang Por Pramote said:** 

"Luang Por Dune would knock on the heads of those who were fond of pursuing supernatural powers, saying, 'Supernatural powers do not truly exist. What exists is the energy of the mind—the power of the mind.' Therefore, if we want our minds to be powerful, we must not let the mind waste its energy."

If we practice merely to pursue supernatural powers, that is not wise. 

Why? Because supernatural powers can diminish! 😂 

The development of supernatural powers is generally achieved through the cultivation of the *Four Bases of Spiritual Power* (Iddhipāda). 

This involves extensively practicing stillness, diligently eliminating defilements, and making the mind powerful. 

What consumes the most energy? **Sexual desire and sexual activity!** 

There was a story about a woman who previously had mind-reading abilities, but after getting married, she lost them. 

It is also said that a man had the divine eye, but after engaging in sex, he lost it entirely! 😂 

Therefore, rather than pursuing supernatural powers, it is better to strive for the eradication of defilements. 

If we can eliminate defilements and make the mind still and energetic, any kind of supernatural power may naturally arise! 

我們現在聽到的四神足，很多時候被簡化了，而且多被應用於世俗的成就

實際上，所謂的四神足是什麼？其實就是四種導向神通的基礎，神通就是超能力的意思

如果我們能根斷煩惱，這也是屬於超能力之一的漏盡通

足本的四神足其實是：

1.意欲定勤奮之行的神足 

2.精進定勤奮之行的神足 

3.心定勤奮之行的神足 

4.考察定勤奮之行的神足 

我們看啊，每個神足都有「定」和「勤奮之行」 

定是禪定

勤奮之行就是四正勤：

1.努力去去除已有的不善

2.努力地讓還未生起的不善不生起

3.努力地增長和圓滿那些已經存在的善法

4.努力地讓未生起的善法生起(Ref. SN51.13)

所以四神足的重點其實是培育禪定，去除煩惱，而不是世俗的成就；簡單來說，其實就是戒定慧的修行

這四神足的起始點是興趣、樂趣。

禪定本身就會帶來內心的滋潤和快樂；所以一旦我們從修行中找到快樂時；整個四神足的修習就自此開啟

我們很自然會有意欲去繼續培育禪定、去除會阻礙禪定生起的種種煩惱、 增長資助禪定的一切善法

當我們想修行時，也很自然會勤奮努力去修

當我們勤奮努力去修時，也會專心一致地修

當我們專心時，也很自然會去研究應該怎樣修才好，才容易提升

如果我們有很穩定的禪定，六神通其實離我們很近

為什麼？神通的生起，在於遠離五蓋--貪、 嗔、 散亂後悔、 昏沉睡眠、 疑惑(AN5.23)。如果我們內心沒有這五蓋，就是禪定的狀態

佛陀說，凡任何過去/現在/未來世的沙門或婆羅門體驗各種神通種類，他們全部都已自我修習、已多作四神足 （SN51.17)

The Four Bases of spiritual power (Iddhipāda) that we hear about nowadays are often simplified and frequently applied to worldly achievements.

In fact, what exactly are the Four Bases of spiritual power ? They are essentially the foundation for supernatural powers. If we can eliminate delusions, that is also considered one of the psychic power.

The complete Four Bases of spiritual power are:

The basis of intent on developing stillness and diligence

The basis of effort on developing stillness and diligence

The basis of mind on developing stillness and diligence

The basis of investigation on developing stillness and diligence

Each basis involves both "stillness" (samadhi) and "diligence". Diligence here comprises four aspects:

Effort to abandon unwholesome states that already exist

Effort to prevent unwholesome states from arising

Effort to develop and perfect wholesome states that already exist

Effort to cause unarisen wholesome states to arise (Ref. SN51.13)

The core focus of the Four Bases of spiritual power is to cultivate stillness and eliminate mental defilements, not worldly achievements. Simply put, they are practices of precepts , stillness, and wisdom .

The starting point for these Four Bases of spiritual power is interest and joy. 

Stillness itself brings inner nourishment and happiness. 

When we find joy in practice, the cultivation of the Four Bases of spiritual power naturally begins.

This interest motivates us to continue developing stillness, remove five hindrances, and increase wholesome qualities that support stillness.

When we want to practice, we will normally put in effort.

As we diligently practice, we naturally focus and concentrate in our practice. With focused attention, we then investigate how to practice effectively and improve more easily.

If we attain stable stillness, the six supernatural powers are close at hand. Why? Because the arising of supernatural powers depends on the removal of the five hindrances—greed, anger, restlessness and remorse, sloth and torpor, doubt (AN5.23). When these five hindrances are absent, we are in a state of stillness.

The Buddha said that all monks and brahmins, whether from the past, present, or future, who experience various supernatural powers, have all cultivated these practices and developed the Four Divine Abidings themselves (SN51.17).

我們看到，連一個國家都可以沉沒

實際上，我們現在身處的國家，所站立的大陸，在許久以前或許是一片汪洋， 也可能和其他地方連在一起。

現在我們的這個國家，過去都不是這個名字，都不是現在的領導層。國家內所有人民和環境都呈現流動的狀態，不斷在變

什麼國什麼國，僅僅是暫時且無常的概念

不應執著

對於任何國家的人也應該平等地慈悲

佛陀也曾說,如果要讓心取得平靜，適合工作，甚至是作為證得神通的基礎

首先應該捨棄身口意的粗糙惡行

其次應該捨棄想要享受感官欲樂、惡意、傷害別人的想法

之後要捨棄執著親友、國家或地方、想不被輕視的想法

之後要去除讓心散亂、失控、關於法的思維

之後，強大的定力將能生起，把定力導向任意一個神通都能證得（ Ref AN3.102)

We have seen how even entire nations can vanish beneath the waves.

The very ground we stand upon today

Was likely ocean in some ancient time,

Or part of some forgotten continent.

Our "nation" had another name before,

With different rulers in the past.

Its people, landscapes - all in flux,

An endless dance of change.

This  nation that nation -

These are but fleeting concepts,

Empty and impermanent.

Why cling to them?

Let equal compassion flow

To all beings in all lands.

The Buddha taught the path to stillness and psychic power(AN 3.102):

is to first abandon course harmful acts through body, speech and mind.

Next release:

• The chase for sensual pleasures

• Thoughts of hate and harm

Then let go attachments to:

• Family and friends

• Homeland and borders

• not wanting to be disrespected

Finally, still the restless and uncontroleed mind that wanders from the Dharma's contemplation.

Thus stillness grows profound,

A power we may direct

Toward any spiritual attainment and psychic power

有時別人覺得一些人用了神通，其實神什麼通？😂 

之所以認為一些人有神通，是因為他們知道一些一般人不知道的事情，知道自己一些沒有刻意顯露的東西。

有很多時候，這僅僅只是因為定力夠深而已。當定力越深，心就越細。

當心夠細，其實可以獲取到許多一般人不能察覺的資訊。

例如隆波帕默為什麼一看別人的面就知道別人的心是怎樣？

‘誒，你迷失走神了’

他解釋說，其實只是因為走神的人有特別的臉可以被看到😂 

當然有許多人都會相信隆波有神通，但隆波總是很謙遜把這些推開。

事實上，當我們的心夠細，的而且確是可以pick up 到別人心微細的狀態的。這是所謂的觀言察色。

是神通嗎？ 😂  一般人pick up 不到哦😂

其實僅僅只是夠細心，有留意。

有些外科醫生做手術做到很精細。例如非常非常小的血管和組織也能縫合

有些非常複雜的手術也能做到。

真夠神，對嗎？

也僅僅只是心夠細，定力足的效果。

如果要談論真正的神通，心要比這更加微細。要到達接近禪那的近行定狀態。

心細得比針尖還要細。

這時獲得的資訊真夠神：看到靈體，看到鬼神，聽到別人心裡說什麼，知道別人的心......

真正的神通一定要透過集中的心而得來的（AN6.70）

Sometimes people think someone has psychic powers—psychic your foot ! 😂

The reason some are believed to have supernatural abilities is that they know things ordinary people don’t, knowing details others haven’t openly revealed.

But often, it’s simply because their stillness is deep enough. The deeper the stillness, the more refined the mind becomes. And when the mind is that refined, it can pick up on subtle information most people miss.

For example, why can Luang Por Pramote tell someone’s mental state just by looking at their face?

"Hey, you’re lost!"

He explains that it’s just because a distracted person has a certain look you can notice. 😂

Of course, many believe Luang Por has psychic powers, but he always humbly dismisses such claims.

In truth, when our minds are fine-tuned enough, we really can detect other's subtle  mental states. This is what’s called in chinese 'reading expressions and demeanor.'

Is that psychic power? ---- Most people can’t do it! 😂

It’s really just about being observant and attentive, having a refined mind.

Some surgeons perform incredibly delicate procedures—stitching together tiny blood vessels and tissues, handling highly complex surgeries.

so 'psychic', right?

But it’s just the result of a finely tuned mind and deep stillness.

If we’re talking about real psychic powers, the mind must be even more refined—reaching access stillless (upacāra-samādhi) close to Jhana  , where the mind becomes sharper than a needle’s tip.

At that level, the information you perceive is truly supernatural: seeing spirits, hearing others’ thoughts, knowing minds...

True psychic powers can only arise from an intensely focused and refined mind (AN 6.70).

怎樣分一個人是有神通還是有精神病，非常簡單😂 

如果一個人心是非常散亂非常不清晰的，然後走來說自己聽到別人心裡說話、 見到鬼神、 知道別人的心是怎樣的話

哎呀！ 他應該快要進精神病院了！

為什麼這樣說？ 佛陀說， 一個人的心必須要解脫於五蓋--貪、 嗔、 散亂後悔、 昏沉睡眠、 疑惑--才能作證六神通（AN5.23)

假如一個人的思緒很 sharp 很敏捷，心很集中，這個就可能是真的了....

How to Tell Whether Someone Has Psychic Powers or Just psychosis? It’s Very Simple 😂

If a person’s mind is extremely scattered and unclear, yet they claim to hear others’ thoughts, see ghosts and spirits, or know the mind state of people—oh dear! They’re probably on their way to a mental hospital!

Why do we say this? The Buddha taught that a person’s mind must first be freed from the Five Hindrances—greed, hatred, restlessness & regret, dullness & drowsiness, and doubt—before they can attain the Six supernormal powers (AN 5.23).

But if someone’s thoughts are sharp, agile, and highly focused, then that  might actually be real...

有一部分人來到宗教，是因為被神通，神蹟和超能力所吸引

就好比喻說：

哇，這個神人在水上行走！

哇，這個神人變了一些金幣出來！

然後就會去相信信仰那個人

佛陀也具備我們可以想像到的一切超能力

但就如在DN11中記載，一般佛陀會向人展示三種神通

【神變通】

第一種就是神變通：

佛陀有無數的神變，能分身成為許多個個體，由許多個個體變回一個個體；

能隨意顯現，隨意隱沒；

能穿越圍欄、牆壁、大山有如穿越空間那樣沒有阻礙；

從大地進出有如在水中進出那樣；

在水上行走有如走在地上那樣不會沉沒；

能盤腿而坐，有如鳥兒那樣飛上天空；

手掌能觸摸宏偉的日月；身體能走到梵天世間

有些看到的人或許會生起信心信仰，然後周圍和人說。但當他遇到一個沒有信心的人，他就會鄙視：這樣而已？ 有一種法術，也是修了之後就可以有這種超能力

佛陀看見這樣的過患後，所以只在特定場合中才示現神變通

【他心通】

第二種能顯示給人看的超能力，就是他心通

佛陀能夠讀出別人的心，情緒，思想，然後說：你的心是這樣的，你的情緒是這樣的，你的思想是這樣的

有些看到的人或許會生起信心信仰，然後周圍和人說。但當他遇到一個沒有信心的人，他就會鄙視：這樣而已？ 有一種法術，也是修了之後就可以有這種超能力

佛陀看見這樣的過患後，所以只在特定場合中才示現他心通

【其他神通】

其實還有其他超能力，包括

天眼通-能夠知道一個人的過去未來世，他的未來是怎樣的。能夠看見鬼神，不同的世界

天耳通-能聽見肉耳聽不到的聲音，包括很遠的聲音，其他世界的聲音，鬼神的聲音

宿命通-能夠回憶起自己的過去世

只不過這些無法被一般人驗證。如果是現代，一般人怎會相信呢？大部分都不會相信的。

你跟他說：‘我看見了天神啊！’ 他會以為你得了精神病

你跟他說：‘我聽見了地獄的聲音啊！’ 他也會以為你得了精神病

你跟他說：‘你下一年會這樣這樣’ 他會以為你在信口開河，不信你，懷疑你，對你失去尊重

你跟他說：‘你爸爸死了之後投胎了去這裡’ 他也會帶著疑惑的眼神望著你

你跟他說：‘我過去世是這樣這樣’ 他又看不見，為什麼要信你的話？

【世俗低俗的用處】

這些神通有時有些用處。

例如可以滿足大家世俗的慾望：

如果這樣選這樣走的話，就會這樣。如果那樣走的話，就會那樣---名譽，地位，權力，財富；大部分的人很著迷這些

有些人很掛心，自己的親人死後去哪兒呢？ 然後就會想去知道

也有人會想滿足自己的好奇心：這個世界是怎樣的呢？有多少個天界呢？ 地獄是怎樣的呢？ 這個人從哪裡來，死後會去哪裡？ 自己的過去世是怎樣的？

有些人想讓自己變‘大’ ，當有神通的時候就會與眾不同，受人敬仰。

但這只能愚弄一般無知的人，一些少於知足的修行人，看見了就會譏嫌：哇，他那麼貪婪，多欲，竟然會顯露自己的神通出來，他是想得到什麼？ 想得到供養，尊敬，出名嗎？--- 就會有這些過患 。 有時他們可能也說得對，因為當有這些超能力之後，一個人通常也會覺得自己很了不起，自我會膨脹，一切煩惱會滋長，惡行增加，為自己敞開地獄之門

一些不信的人也可以說些很難聽的話：這個人裝神騙鬼，欺世盜名，裝模作樣….

對於一位佛教大師，比較有用的超能力是他心通和讀取一個人資訊的能力。

例如他可以用超能力檢查一個人的背景資料，性格，善惡傾向；然後作出相應的教導

也可以利用他心通讀到弟子的心，及時幫助弟子提升他的心。

例如阿姜曼曾幫助Luang ta maha bua 從禪定中鬆脫出來。他看到Luang ta 粘著於禪定了，如果要提升應該要開發智慧

過了一段時間，當檢查Luang ta 內心的時候，發現他過份思維，過份開發智慧了，便去教訓 Luang ta ，讓他定慧平衡

至於什麼都知道，或者說一切知智---知道應該準確地給予什麼禪修業處，知道一個人的善根惡根比重有多少，他有什麼潛能，準確地作出預言，這些是佛陀的範疇，不是我們弟子的範疇。

但如果顯示這些神通，就有以上所述的過患了。佛陀知道什麼場合可以顯示什麼的神通，但作為弟子的我們不知道，我們沒有佛陀的一切知智。因此佛陀是禁止比丘向在家人顯示神通的。

【教誡神通】

看見種種顯示超能力的過患，佛陀會顯現教誡的‘超能力’

你應該這樣想，不應那樣想

你應該這樣去留意，不應那樣去留意

你應該捨棄這些東西，應取得這樣的東西。

對於一個出家人，

佛陀教導他具備戒行

之後守護根門，讓六根接觸到六塵後不生喜惡貪嗔

在一切身體的行為具備正念與覺知

知足於自己所有的一切物質資具

捨棄五蓋，培育禪定禪那，最後滅除一切苦，有些人更有六神通

這是最穩勝的超能力。因為一個人受你教導，聽你說完之後，他的內心真的變得更快樂了，更少痛苦了。

每個人最想要什麼？ 快樂！ 所以教誡的‘超能力’ 才是最重要的。

其他什麼什麼神通，其實不太重要。因為開心就好

如果一個人邊在空中飛，邊生氣，又有什麼意思呢？………

Ref. DN11

《聖經》記載了五餅二魚的故事。

就是耶穌曾經施展超能力，把五塊餅和兩條魚無限變多；餵飽了五千人。

以佛教的角度，不會否認耶穌有這個能力，因為這絕對是可能的。

《清淨導論》的說神變品，就曾記載，大迦葉尊者在接受了一位信徒的粥食供養後，把粥轉而供養給佛陀。佛陀以神通力將粥變現給所有的比丘眾，讓所有比丘都得以吃飽。

究竟是怎樣做到的呢？《清淨導論》記載，就是進入第四禪後出定，然後決意讓少的東西變多。

就是這麼簡單。

但現代大家大概不會看到出家師父顯現這些超能力的。因為佛陀已經立下了戒律，不准比丘在顯現神通給在家人看。

而且，佛陀也說過；假如顯示這些神通，那些有信心的人當然會信心大增啦！但當這些有信心的人和沒有信心的人說時，那些沒有信心的人就會鄙視：’這樣而已？ 有一種法術，也是修了之後就可以有這種超能力‘ （DN11)

而且，胡亂顯現這些神通，必然會給某些少欲知足的人說是譁眾取寵，為了得到名利。

The Bible records the story of the five loaves and two fish. It tells of how Jesus performed a miracle, multiplying five loaves of bread and two fish to feed more than five thousand people.

From a Buddhist perspective, we do not deny that Jesus had this ability, as it is certainly possible. 

The "Path to Purity" mentions a story about the venerable Mahakasappa, who, after receiving a rice porridge offering from a devotee, offer it to the Buddha. The Buddha, using his psychic power, made the porridge manifest for all the monks, allowing everyone to eat their fill.

How was this achieved? The "Path to Purity" states that it involves entering the fourth jhana and then resolving to make the little into much. It's as simple as that.

However, in modern times, we probably won't see monks displaying such supernatural abilities. This is because the Buddha established precepts prohibiting monks from showing their psychic powers to laypeople.

Moreover, the Buddha also said that if these supernatural abilities were displayed, those with faith would certainly have their faith greatly increased. But when these faithful individuals speak to those without faith, the latter might scoff, saying, "Is that all? There are certain spells that can grant such powers after practice" (DN11).

Additionally, showing these powers indiscriminately would lead some of the modest individuals to accuse us of being a mere show-off for fame and gain.