大華嚴經略策 1.41

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Thirty-fourth: The distinctions among the ten supernormal knowledges. Question: What are the ten supernormal knowledges? Please list their names and their essence and function. Answer: 'Supernormal knowledge' means being unobstructed; when one penetrates subtle meanings to enter the divine, great functions are sovereign. Ten are also used to reveal perfection. As for the ten supernormal knowledges: First, the supernormal knowledge of knowing the minds of others; second, the supernormal knowledge of the divine eye; third, the supernormal knowledge of knowing past abodes in previous eons; fourth, the supernormal knowledge of exhausting the bounds of the future; fifth, the supernormal knowledge of the unhindered pure divine ear; sixth, the supernormal knowledge of abiding in essencelessness and inaction while going to all buddha lands; seventh, the supernormal knowledge of discerning all speech; eighth, the supernormal knowledge of innumerable form bodies; ninth, the supernormal knowledge of knowing all dharmas; tenth, the supernormal knowledge of entering all samādhis of cessation. All take unobstructed great wisdom as their essence. Because there are these ten functions, ten names are established. Respectfully answered.