how spiritual masters are thought to actually manifest supernormal abilities. Abilities such as flying through the air, walking through solid obstructions, diving into the ground, walking on water and so forth are performed by changing one element, such as earth, into another element, such as air. The individual must master kasina meditation before this is possible. Dipa Ma, who trained via the Visuddhimagga, was said to demonstrate these abilities. See also Anussati Upajjhatthana Sutta (Five Remembrances) Ānāpānasati Sutta (Contemplation of the breath) Kāyagatāsati Sutta (Contemplation of the body) Patikkulamanasikara Gradual training (Patipatti) Buddhist meditation Jhana in Theravada Anapanasati Samatha Vipassanā Notes References Further reading Buddhaghosa, Bhadantacariya & Bhikkhu Nanamoli (trans.) (1999), The Path of Purification: Visuddhimagga. Seattle: BPS Pariyatti Editions. . Gunaratana, Henepola (1988). The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation (Wheel No. 351/353). Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society. . Retrieved from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/gunaratana/wheel351.html. , Bhikkhu (trans.) & Bodhi, Bhikkhu (ed.) (2001). The Middle-Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya. Boston: Wisdom Publications. . Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1995), Dighajanu (Vyagghapajja) Sutta: To Dighajanu (AN 8.54). Retrieved 6 Apr. 2010 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an08/an08.054.than.html. Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (2000), Sakka Sutta: To the Sakyans (on the Uposatha) (AN 10.46). Retrieved 6 Apr. 2010 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an10/an10.046.than.html. External links In search of a teacher by Dr. Tin Htut Samatha and vipassana by Sayadaw U Uttamasara Reaching Nibbana through insight a guide by Ven. K. Nyanananda The Forty Meditation Objects: Who Should Use Which? by Karen Andrews Dharmathai Kammathana Blog Chinawangso Bhikkhu "Colour-Kasiṇa Meditation," by Thitapu Bhikkhu, includes instructions for use and construction of the kasiṇa object. Via Archive.org. "Kasiṇa: The use of a Visual Meditation Object" (2004), by Sotapanna Jhanananda (Jeffrey S. Brooks), describes the context for kasiṇa objects in the pursuit of Nibbana and discusses the color of an "earth" kasiṇa. "Kasiṇa(2)," PTS Pali-English Dictionary entry, includes Tipitaka references and related terms. Buddhist meditation Buddhist philosophical concepts Pali words and phrases