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The five supernatural powers commonly spoken of can be divided into five types: the divine eye, the divine ear, knowledge of others’ minds, knowledge of past lives, and the ability to travel supernaturally. The so-called divine eye means not only being able to see through everything, but even being able to view the three-thousand-great-thousand worlds as easily as a tiny mango in the palm of one’s hand, just like the Venerable Anuruddha.
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If you had the divine eye and saw the countless sufferings in the human world, could you still be happy? As the saying goes, “If the ears do not listen, the eyes do not see, and the mind does not know,” life may actually be better without supernatural powers. Therefore, ordinary people are best off not having supernatural powers; possessing them may instead harm oneself. Supernatural powers must be accompanied by realization of the fruits of practice and meditative concentration, grounded in compassion and abiding in pure precepts, like a bodhisattva who, based on compassion, uses supernatural powers to guide and transform sentient beings. Thus, only when people with prajna wisdom possess supernatural powers will they avoid obstructing themselves and harming others.