what is a dharma eye........ ?
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what is actually a dharma eye?
Some people are born with a "third eye", does that mean that they have a
deva eye?
Heavan or hell realm exists in our mind.. so it up to us to think of positive thoughts... but then they are people who are born with clincial depression...
so does that mean they will often be in 'hell' than other people. -
dharma eye ah? if u speaking of the jap bu-dao-weng alike doll hor, den i know that usually you buy with a dharma without any eyes so u can give it away as a gift..recipient would make a wish and den paint the left eye..whent he wish is fulfilled, den paint in the right eye, den hor can burn in a bon fire in jap temple liao.... now....... WHERE GOT 3RD EYE?????
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http://www.chan1.org/ddp/channews/10-1987.html
The Buddha explains to Ananda that beings on different levels, although they may look at the same thing, will really see it according to their own perspective. The Buddha then continues to talk about different levels of vision. The Buddha sees all things as equal, undifferentiated, but he can also see things as ordinary beings see them. The Buddha explains how things are perceived from five different levels. They are:
The eye of ordinary sentient beings
The heavenly eye
The eye of an arhat
The eye of a bodhisattva
The eye of the Buddha
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The article is too long, so I've only pasted a small summary of it. The eye of ordinary sentient beings is what we all have. The heavenly eye is the eye being able to view greater distance and the sight penetrate into the supernatural world. The Buddha's eye is that with immense wisdom, able to see through the nature of reality across the universe and beyond - the nature of emptiness. Please do read the article, it may answer your question.Some people are born with a "third eye", does that mean that they have a
Usually these people have spiritual eyes, but not necessary deva eyes. There are limitations, and Venerable Sheng-yen has mentioned about his encounter with people having "spiritual eyes":
deva eye?
Have you ever seen a ghost or a god? Normally people can't see things that are too far, near, big, or small. But some people borrow the power of a ghost or other spiritual being, and gain spiritual vision. There are also cases of heavenly beings who are born into the human realm, who still retain some ability to see ghosts and spirits in the realms below. They can no longer see into the heavenly realm, nor can they see ghosts and spirits in the human realm.
I had a student who came here for a beginner's class. She claimed to have some psychic power. She said that when she was well-concentrated, she could see into people's past, but I had my doubts. I asked her if she could see into my past. I have heavy karmic obstructions, which have their root in past lives, but still she could see nothing of my past. Why? People are not always reborn into the human realm. They might be born into a distant world, and ordinary psychic power would be too limited to see that far. It would be similar to a person who commits a crime in Taiwan and moves to New York. The New York police would have no record of the crime.
The ghostly or deva eye stands at a level between the fleshy and heavenly eyes. This phenomenon occurs when a spiritual being uses the eye of a human being as a medium. People who have experienced this believe that they have been endowed with great spiritual powers, but it is really the power of the spiritual being at work. There is a book about a spirit called Seth who used a woman's body to talk to people in this world. He could only talk through her.
The whole article is very interesting, I've only pasted part of it.but then they are people who are born with clincial depression...
Certain mental illnesses, like amnesia, or even insanity, I classify them as "Karmic Obstruction Diseases". These people have commited some bad karma in previous life and have to suffer from certain mental disorders.
However, I believe clinical depression can be treated - but Medicine is usually not enough. Medicine can decrease the depression symptoms by causing chemical reactions in the brain, however, if he does not treat the root cause of samsara, depressing thoughts are sure to arise after the medicine has worn off.
If a friend of yours have depression, you can ask him to go for a meditation course, it can calm his mind. Ask him to go to a dharma centre to learn about Buddhadharma, and to apply it in everyday life. There'll surely be positive effects. -
aiya.. that one is different "Dharma" la.... hahaOriginally posted by bLuE_mOmentO:dharma eye ah? if u speaking of the jap bu-dao-weng alike doll hor, den i know that usually you buy with a dharma without any eyes so u can give it away as a gift..recipient would make a wish and den paint the left eye..whent he wish is fulfilled, den paint in the right eye, den hor can burn in a bon fire in jap temple liao.... now....... WHERE GOT 3RD EYE????? [/img] -
what that exist, exist within the mind.
That means, when you look out into the world, are you looking out into the world or are you looking at the image formed by your mind?
All the arises as external enviroment are from the Being's mind. The physical world and all other world/realm are holographic illusions....
The third eye is a Witnessing function (like visappana). An awakened person look out into the world(mindscreen) through the 3rd eye. The 3rd eye is not a physical eye. It is viewing from a different viewpoint. -
It is like that, it is like that....Originally posted by longchen:what that exist, exist within the mind.
That means, when you look out into the world, are you looking out into the world or are you looking at the image formed by your mind?
All the arises as external enviroment are from the Being's mind. The physical world and all other world/realm are holographic illusions....
The third eye is a Witnessing function (like visappana). An awakened person look out into the world(mindscreen) through the 3rd eye. The 3rd eye is not a physical eye. It is viewing from a different viewpoint. -
clinical depression ppl are not physical imprisonOriginally posted by Jazzytunez:what is actually a dharma eye?
Some people are born with a "third eye", does that mean that they have a
deva eye?
Heavan or hell realm exists in our mind.. so it up to us to think of positive thoughts... but then they are people who are born with clincial depression...
so does that mean they will often be in 'hell' than other people.
they are still imprisoned by the mind ,it is the mind cause us suffer from
depression
not any outside forces -
okie dharma eye is understand the arising and falling of all pheonomenon
well, i provide u more info once i finish reading the definition of dharma eye -
read this to understand the real function of a heaven eye from the wei mo jie sutra
under the disciple reluctance to visit licchavi virmakirti
http://www.imeditate.com/vimalakirti/
The Buddha then said to the venerable Aniruddha, "Aniruddha, go to the Licchavi Vimalakirti to inquire about his illness."
"My Lord, I am indeed reluctant to go that good man to inquire about his
illness. Why? I remember, Lord, one day when I was taking a walk, the great
Brahma named Subhavyuha and the ten thousand other Brahmas who
accompanied him illuminated the place with their radiance and, having bowed
their heads at my feet, withdrew to one side and asked me, 'Reverend
Aniruddha, you have been proclaimed by the Buddha to be the foremost
among those who possess the divine eye. To what distance does the divine
vision of the venerable Aniruddha extend?'
I answered, 'Friends, I see the entire billion-world-galactic universe of the
Lord Sakyamuni just as plainly as a man of ordinary vision sees a myrobalan
nut on the palm of his hand.' When I had said these words, the Licchavi
Vimalakirti came there and, having bowed his head at my feet, said to
me, 'Reverend Aniruddha, is your divine eye compounded in nature? Or is it
uncompounded in nature?
If it is compounded in nature, it is the same as the superknowledges of the
heterodox. If it is uncompounded in nature, then it is not constructed and, as
such, is incapable of seeing. Then, how do you see, O elder?'
"At these words, I became speechless, and Brahma also was amazed to hear
this teaching from that good man.
Having bowed to him, he said, 'Who then, in the world, possesses the divine eye?'
"Vimalakirti answered, 'In the world, it is the Buddhas who have the divine
eye. They see all the buddha-fields without even leaving their state of
concentration and without being affected by duality.'
"Having heard these words, the ten thousand Brahmas were inspired with
high resolve and conceived the spirit of unexcelled, perfect enlightenment.
Having paid homage and respect both to me and to that good man, they
disappeared. As for me, I remained speechless, and therefore I am reluctant
to go to that good man to inquire about his illness."