What are the Buddhist scriptures on how to practice the five spiritual powers?

It's wrong to say it.

Chinese want to do something, because of traditional cultural customs, they often think of praying to the gods and Buddhas, using money to buy incense sticks, or putting offerings such as melons, fruits, and animals that we eat in the world, and silently make a wish. An alternative kind of bribery - praying to God and worshiping Buddha is still quite popular today! ­

Westerners go to church to confess and to be relieved of spiritual suffering. Most Chinese enter temples to seek blessings, wealth and peace through some offerings. Whether it will be possible or not is another story. ­

Why do Chinese enter the temple not to repent but to ask for something? Instead of examining what you think and do, you want to receive some gifts from the outside world through some offerings and prayers. All of this has a lot to do with the fact that we who study Buddhism have a biased understanding of Buddhism. ­

The ancient adage of "shame is almost courageous" has been forgotten by modern people. There are only a few people who know their own mistakes and shortcomings, and dare to "self-criticize" in front of others. Do you go to the temple to repent?

Rather than emphasizing that there is nothing to repent, it is better to admit that this good habit has not yet been formed to seriously reflect on yourself. ­

There are gods three feet above the head", which has also been ignored by modern people. Know your own little poisonous words and evil deeds, know that it is wrong, have you ever entered the temple to repent? Rather than emphasizing that there is no repentance, it is better to admit that the Chinese people are very lucky. ­

They are both "not close to courage", and "unrepentant", and they are eager to get something for nothing. With a strong speculative psychology with Chinese characteristics, or in order to seek good fortune in the world, or in order to solve some problems in practical life, go to the temple to "bribe"! In the "Diamond Sutra", the world-honored one has a cloud:

But if Israel sees me and asks me with a voice, it is a man who walks in evil ways, and he will not see what he is. From this, we should understand that learning Buddhism simply by buying some offerings to the Buddha will not solve the problem, and if we do not know how to repent of our karma and do not know how to turn around, all our begging will be in vain. ­

Monasteries are schools, and this is not clear to most so-called Buddhists, so how should we understand Buddhism correctly? How to learn about Buddhism? How can we properly understand and recognize the teachings of Buddhism? How can we get rid of the dross and extract the essence? Food for thought!

Buddhist scriptures do not advocate the cultivation of supernatural powers, but they all say that supernatural powers lead people to demons and destroy people's lives. Divine powers come with cultivation, and they follow the fate of each person, some people have it, and some people don't. Moreover, the Buddhist scriptures also say that if you have supernatural powers, you can't use them often, and it will hurt your life and ruin your cultivation.

It lies in your own emptiness, emptiness, and emptiness, a month, it is easy to say, but it is difficult to do, it depends on your talent, and then all the methods are to make you empty, which is the so-called concentration of the pole and the birth of wisdom, and the strengths of this realm naturally appear.

Virtuous and foolish, see how they all obtained supernatural powers.

Hoping for detectives, they often fall into the realm of demons.

Shakyamuni showed that he had attained enlightenment for a long time, but he had preached the Dharma for 49 years, and never used supernatural powers to educate sentient beings, and to learn Buddhism, he must take the Buddha's conduct as the highest guiding principle.

The beings who have fallen into the six realms all have supernatural powers, but the magnitude of supernatural powers is different, and this is not unusual. What is truly worthy of admiration is the one who makes the Bodhi vow and should know and measure according to the hearts of all beings.

Manifesting their supernatural powers in front of ordinary beings will cause them to wonder, it will make them unable to distinguish between Buddhas and demons, and it will cause them to fall instead of being free from suffering and to be happy. Moreover, those who wish for supernatural powers will also have a heart of condescension and fall into the devil's path.

Be able to follow the Buddha's teachings, practice the precepts as the law, and do not seek supernatural powers but have their own supernatural powers.

All promising methods are like dream bubbles, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed as such" - Diamond Sutra

For details, please see the "Lengyan Sutra": Fifty kinds of yin demons.