Deep Purple: "Highway Star" (NEA ZIXNH, 11/10/16) Classic rock from the album Machine Head. Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore. Keyboards, organ: Jon Lord. Drums: Ian Paice. Vocals: Ian Gillan. Bass guitar: Roger Glover. Mix by N.Z.
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Sutra: "Factors of Right Concentration"
In the Samadhanga Sutra ("Samadhi-Factors"), the Buddha gives this analogy: "Suppose there were a chariot on level ground at a crossroads, harnessed to thoroughbreds, poised with whips at the ready so that a skilled driver, a trainer of horses to be tamed, might mount it and — taking the reins in his left hand and the whip in his right — race here and there to any place he liked by any road he wanted.
"In the same way, when a meditator has pursued and developed the fivefold noble 'right concentration' in this way then any of the six higher knowledges he turns his mind to know-and-see, he can witness it for himself whenever he finds an opening. If he wants he can even wield these various supernormal (magical) powers:
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"He can exercise influence with his body even as far as the heavens (Brahma worlds). He can see this directly for himself whenever he finds an opening. If he wants he can hear — by means of the divine ear-element, which is purified and surpasses the human — two kinds of sounds, human and divine, whether near or far. He can see this for himself whenever he finds an opening. If he wants, he can directly know the minds of other beings, other individuals, having encompassed their minds with his. He discerns [as he wishes]... More
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