Powers of The Buddha
The sutra describes the 100 powers and abilities which the Buddha or 10th-level Bodhisattvas can perform, while operating from within this samādhi state.
Amongst the wonders which the Buddha can perform whilst in this state of Śūraṅgama Samādhi are:
- The projection or conjuration of 84,000 other buddhas, identical replicas of himself and equally real;
- Being able to change sex at will;
- Placing immense Buddha Paradises (universes) into a single pore of the skin;
- Always presiding over the superknowledges (abhijna);
- Always emitting rays of light over all universes without exception;
- Being able to speak and understand all languages of all universes;
- Possessing a knowledge which is profound and unfathomable.
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