RLG206H5 Chapter Pages- 36-38, 99-101, 101-104: Week 9
Document Summary
Buddha used his supernatural power of his divine eye to survey the entire world and the people since they were dying out and being reborn into many various realms of rebirth. Can perceive the situation of all beings everywhere including animals, ghosts, denizens of hell, gods. Shows that buddha"s mastery over the element of space, re ect his compassion for the beings of the universe, and shows there is samsara and no place for refuge or to escape escape suffering. The vision of the cosmos and the compassion are associated with the buddha"s smile that illuminates the universe and the pain of the beings. When the buddha smiles rays of colour (blue, yellow, red, white) come out from their mouth and some go up and down. Those that go down enter sanjia, kalasutra, raurava, maharaurava, tapana . Hells that are hot become cold and hells that are cold are hot.
