八变化

Eight supernatural powers of

transformation, characteristics of every Buddha:

(1) to shrink self or

others, or the world and all things to an atom;

(2) to enlarge ditto

to fill all space;

(3) to make the same light as a feather;

(4) to

make the same any size or anywhere at will;

(5) everywhere and in

everything to be omnipotent;

(6) to be anywhere at will, either by

self-transportation, or bringing the destination to himself, etc;

(7)

to shake all things (in the six, or eighteen ways);

(8) to be one or

many and at will pass through the solid or through space, or through fire or water, or transform the four elements at will, e.g. turn earth into water. Also 八神變; 八自在.