11 super normal powers

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11 super normal (psychic) powers:

1. Having been one, he becomes many

2. Having been many, he becomes one

3. He appears and vanishes

4. He goes unhindered through a wall, through an enclosure, through a mountain, as though through space

5. He dives in and out of the earth as though it were water

6. He walks on water without sinking as though it were earth

7. Seated cross-legged, he travels in space like a bird

8. With his hand he touches and strokes the moon and sun so powerful and mighty

9. He wields bodily mastery even as far as the Brahma-world

10. The divine ear element, which is purified and surpasses the human, that Blessed One hears both kinds of sounds, the heavenly and the human, those that are far as well as near

11. The Blessed One encompasses with his own mind the minds of other beings, other persons

(from Majjhima Nikaya 12 Samyutta Nikaya 12.70)

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