The University of Nalanda c10.218

c10.218

There is not a single object, perhaps, with the exception of the last, regarding which a word of contempt can be used, because even the longing to possess miraculous powers is in itself not bad. And for a Tāntric it was not ordinarily possible to gain miraculous powers. Intense meditation and supreme control over the sense organs coupled with other practices enabled him to attain these powers. And it will be conceded that to get control over our senses and concentrate with undivided attention is not very easy. Moreover, to repeat a hundred and thousand or a lakh times accurately and without any mistake presupposes tremendous patience in the devotee.