Anguttara nikaya section 3

Namo thassa bagawatho arahatho samma sambuddassa

Today morning i read Anguttara nikaya section 3 ananda waggo which explain a good set of damma. I remember the last sutra in that section. Its about the skill of a samma sambudda to send messages to the other worlds.

Ven ananda asks lord budda that he had heard that a sraawaka of a earlier samma sambudda had a skill to give messages to sahassri loka daathu. This is a world system that the light of our sun can reach its maximum distance. And it says that in this world system there are 1000 suns and 1000 moons etc. And that sraawaka can send messages to the end of such system.

And Ven ananda asks lord budda to what distance the samma sambudda can send messages to. Lord Buddha explains that the distance he can send messages are endless and cannot be quantified. And Ven ananda persistently asks the question for third time as well.

Then lord budda answers Ven ananda about the distance.

The interesting point is not the distance. But Ven ananda asks how such messages are sent. And lord Buddha's answer is an eye opener to tadays scientists.

Lord Buddha explains the method as he sends a light signal first and then he sends the message.

Science only recently discovered sending messages by light but that also very small distances. But consider 2600 years ago sending messages to very distant parts of the universe by lord Buddha by using light is really amazing. And this is another clue that with such skill lord Buddha may have frequently used such skill to preach damma to loka daathu as well. And if there are Buddha sasana in those distant places i would not be surprised.

But there is one thing that any one may question. Can it be true. Well that question can only be answered only by a person who had become firm in his damma practice.

The person who is firm in his practice will understand that there is no possibility for a lie in a samma sambudda's life. And the damma had not changed and still exist in tripitaka as preached by lord Buddha.

May all of you attain nibbana.