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| Crown, brow, throat chakras (Rajasthan 18th century) |
- Pinocchio
- Pineal gland
- Third eye
- Chakras
- (Second or Ajna chakra)
- Visionary (seer, rishi)
- Pinocchio paradox (liar)
- Ocular dominance
- Copiale cipher (Occulist Order)
- Dibba cakkhu (one of Buddhism's "higher knowledges" or abhijñā) is the "divine eye," namely, directly knowing others' karmic destinations, their comings and goings according to former deeds; by remembering one's own past lives, one sees how it was all happening in accordance with karma (our own deeds). The latter comes from the previous higher knowledge, to "remember one's former abodes" (pubbe-nivāsanussati), causal memory, that is to say, recalling one's own past lives in their tens, thousands, ten-thousands, hundred-thousands, and more.
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| The fruits of monastic life? |
- Fruits of Recluseship: Sāmaññaphala
- The Fruits of the Contemplative Life
The attainment of the first four (of eight) meditative absorptions (jhanas) is considered to be a prerequisite for the attainment of the higher powers [5].
The sixth type is the ultimate goal of Buddhism, which is the end of all suffering and the destruction of all ignorance [9].
According to the Buddha, indulgence in these supranormal powers or abhiññās should be avoided, as they can easily distract one from the ultimate goal of enlightenment [4] and liberation.
- Sire, those who have penetrated to a direct understanding of the Four Noble [Ennobling, Enlightening] Truths, seen the truths, understood the Teaching, who have crossed over from perplexity to the Four Fruits of Recluseship and, having obtained the bliss of these fruits, share these fruits with others who are practicing rightly — practitioners such as these, sire, are called fruit-vendors in the Blessed One's City of Dhamma. More (I.B. Horner, Bodhi Leaves 130, BPS)
Similarly, the Three Knowledges or Wisdoms (tevijja or tivijja) are:
- "Remembering one's former abodes or rebirths" (pubbe-nivāsanussati);
- The "divine eye" (dibba-cakkhu), the ability to see with inner vision not dependent on the external eyes; and,
- The "extinction of mental defilements and intoxicants" (āsavakkhaya) [10].
These forms of special knowledge are typically listed as arising after the attainment of the fourth meditative absorption (jhana) [11], which is the first of four immaterial absorptions. More
Happy Pinocchio Day (Feb. 23rd)
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| Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino (1883) |
History of Pinocchio Day
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| La statua del pinocchione di Collodi |
- Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit; NationalToday.com, Feb. 23, 2026






