UFOs are a hotly debated topic among people. This has been the case probably since 2017 when three UFO videos filmed by the Navy were leaked to the public. Since then, the UFO phenomenon has undergone a paradigm shift, and it has gone from nothing other than a conspiracy to a subject worthy of the most rigorous scientific study. Now, UFOs are a thing of science and no longer of conspiracy. But UFOs and UFO sightings aren’t a modern occurrence.
What I mean by that is UFOs are not something recorded only in the 21st century. In fact, the more we look back into history, the more we realize how these “things” have been a common occurrence since time immemorial. UFOs do not mean alien tech, but lately, and given the evidence we are presented with, many people are willing to take the route that says UFOs are technology, not of Earth. When I say that the UFO phenomenon is not modern, I mean that there are very interesting UFO accounts that have been documented throughout the years. One such example comes from a well-known Buddhist monk who wrote, in 1884, about his encounter.
The “Wisdom Lamps” UFO of Master Xu Yun
The autobiography of Mater Xu Yun, called Empty Cloud, offers an incredible, little-known story that many believe is a genuine description of a UFO sighting. But before we go into details, let me tell you a little about Master Xu Yun. He was a Chinese Zen master whose name was known in every Chinese Buddhist temple and household. In fact, Master Xu Yun became a living legend, and his life and teachings carry great weight, even to this day. He lived to the age of 120 years and died in 1959. He lived to see the last five reigns of the Manchu dynasty and its collapse in 1911.
He is credited with having retrieved Chinese Buddhism from an abysmal decline and managed to inject fresh vigor into it. Therefore, when people speak of master Xu Yun, they speak of the story of the modern Chinese Buddhist revival. In his autobiography, his achievements and life are depicted as showing the kind of man he was. Although I have yet to read the entire autobiography, a segment I have read on numerous occasions deals with the so-called wisdom lamps. Here is a quote from his autobiography, where he mentions the wisdom lamps on pages 48 and 82.
I climbed the Da-luo Peak, where I paid reverence to the ‘wisdom lamps’ said to appear there. I saw nothing the first night, but on the second, I saw a great ball of light flying from the Northern to the Central Peak, where it came down, splitting a short while later into over ten balls of different sizes. The same night, I saw on the Central Peak three balls of light flying up and down in the air and on the Northern Peak, four balls of light which varied in size. (source)
A Fleet of UFOs?
It is particularly interesting that Master Xu Yun speaks of how the wisdom lamps were said to appear there. This leads me to believe that this was not a one-time occurrence, but something that happened repeatedly. This was something that, perhaps, others even witnessed. He patiently decided to wait, and on the second night, he saw the objects appear. He explains seeing a great ball of light flying across the sky and how this light split into several different balls of light. Could this have been some sort of natural phenomenon? Perhaps. Master Xu Yun could have witnessed some sort of atmospheric phenomenon. But his accounts of how one ball of light split into ten different perhaps speak of a possible artificial nature. What is perhaps even more interesting is that, on the same night, he reports having seen three distinct balls of light erratically moving up and down in the sky.
What natural phenomena could have made a Buddhist monk see spheres of light flying up and down in the sky? This remains a mystery, but on page 82, the Buddhist monk again refers to the wisdom lamp.
“Later in the night, we saw countless heavenly lamps whose brilliance was akin to the ‘wisdom lamps’ previously seen on Mount Wu-tai…”
Master Xu Yun makes it clear that the objects he had now seen were similar to the “wisdom lamps” he had seen on Mout Wu-Tai. He clearly describes them as heavenly lamps, referring to their origin.
To me, these two accounts are of particular interest, and I firmly believe they are some of the most interesting UFO references and accounts coming from a person of great knowledge and influence. What were the mysterious wisdom lamps Master Xu Yun saw on two occasions? Perhaps we will know.
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