There was one of these monks
and
he was living in the Jungle
and
living in the jungle meditating
in those days, people would be able to feed you no problem at all
and he had like perfect solitude, meditating day and night
really good monk and of course it just happens after time you get
these deep meditations and after deep meditations,
sometimes you get these powers and
actually he could fly through the air.
He would just, every morning
Just have a flight, almost like exercise
but the trouble was, that somebody saw him.
This is why, if any of you get psychic powers,
please don't do them in public.
cos you can always get into big trouble. Every time.
So, somebody saw him
and of course, the word gets around
and when the word gets around,
For example, it not the case if you heard
that someone at Dhammasara nun's monastery could fly through the air
You'd all go down there and have a look
and then you'd be hassling the nuns
"come on show us, come on, come on"
(laughter)
but anyway, this monk,
soon the word got to the king
and the king said, I always wanted to see
a real monk levitating.
Would you like to see a real monk levitate?
Would you? Of course you would, yes
So the king would, but we're not going to do it so forget about it
(laughter)
But this king,
You know, if you're the king
you got powers so he sent his army up there
you know and said, "the king summons you."
He said, I don't want to go to the palace, I'm just a simple monk"
He said " this is not a request, you're coming"
So you know, he brought him to the place.
and the king was a really good Buddhist.
He actually built a little 'kuti' , a hut for this monk
in the forest in the grounds.
He said " Monk, just you know, you can just stay here"
not you can, you will stay here
and
I want to just feed you, make merit
make good kamma
cos you're obviously a holy monk
and to ask questions you know, about Dhamma
and also get some advice on running my kingdom
cos you're obviously wise
you're not in it for the money like all my ministers and politicians
you know, you're just wise
So, I'll feed you. You live here
You can levitate and fly through the air as much as you like
and I want you to be like my wise advisor.
which made a lot of sense.
So the monk consented
and the king would feed him really nice food
he'd be in this little forest in the palace grounds
Just like being in the jungle
and every morning he would go for his exercise through the air
but one day,
as he was coming in to land
that morning the person who was bringing him food was one of the princesses
cos the king couldn't come himself
and she was drop-dead gorgeous
a hot chick
(laughter)
and this monk was just coming in to land
and he just saw her, just one moment
that's all it took just one moment of lust
and he lost his ability to fly
and had to do crash landing
(laughter)
and when he realised he couldn't fly after that
So he walked back. After lunch he walked right back
He didn't care about the king at all
It took him 2 or 3 years to get his flying powers back again
That was how sensitive these psychic powers are
So yes, there are psychic powers
but just one bit of anger, one bit of lust
one bit of pride
they all vanish and disappear
that's how sensitive they are
So you guys,
you know, because you're, you know, not the Bhikkhunis,
but you're not monks
you haven't overcome anger and lust
so please don't go flying through the air
you'll go high up there and something will come up
somebody will make a noise
and "it's that person again"
and you'll come crashing down to the ground again
and hurt yourself
that's why we don't do these psychic powers
but that was the psychic power
a loooong time ago
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