Signs of the Times

Buddha’s Light’ over Chinese mountain

The light phenomenon known as the ‘Buddha’s Light’ appeared in June 2011 above the Yuntai temple on Yuntai Mountain outside Chongqing City, in Sichuan Province, China. Glowing with seven different colours, the circle of the “Buddha’s Light” appeared in the west while the sun was still rising in the east, and lasted about half-an-hour.

“With the emergence of sunshine after the rain, some friends invited me together with a tai chi instructor to take pictures on Yuntai Mountain,” Puti Wushu writes in his blog. “Upon our arrival at the Yuantong Hall of Yuntai Temple, we witnessed one circle of mystical Buddha light which had not been seen for ages. All of us felt great joy to see the sight. Astoundingly, in the center of the Buddha light was a human shadow.”

“Though five or six of us stood in a line, each of us just saw our own single shadow. At first we found it hard to believe. Then one of us waved his arms with the rest remaining still. What he saw and what he photographed was only his own shadow with his arms waving. Meanwhile, what the rest of us snapped was our single fixed shadow in the center of the Buddha light.”

‘Buddha’s Light’ is considered to be a ‘glory’ – an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is believed to arise when light rays enter water droplets at opposite points and then undergo internal reflection. The first recorded example in China was on Mt Emei in AD 63. When the individual viewer always sees his or her own reflection in the image, it is regarded as a sign of personal enlightenment and the Buddha’s blessing. (Source: chinauncensored.com)

(Benjamin Creme’s Master confirms it was a sign manifested by Maitreya using the “Buddha’s Light” phenomenon.)