Editing Dnyaneshwar (section)

===Miracles===
[[File:Dnyaneshwar humbles Changdev.jpg|thumb|The siblings Muktabai, Sopan, Dnyaneshwar and Nivruttinath seated on the flying wall greet Changdev seated on a tiger. In the centre, Changdev bows to Dnyaneshwar.]]
There are a few stories about miracles came to be associated with Dnyaneshwar's life,{{sfn|Harrisson|1976|p=39}} one of which was the revival of his disciple Sachchidanand's corpse.{{sfn|Sundararajan|Mukerji|2003|p=34}} Fred Dallmyr summarizes one of these legends as follows from the [[hagiography]] by Mahipati:{{sfn|Dallmayr|2007|p=44}}  At age 12, Dnyaneshwar with his impoverished and outcaste siblings, went to Paithan to plead mercy from Paithan priests. There, they were insulted and ridiculed. As the children were suffering the bullying, on a nearby road was a man who was violently lashing an old buffalo, and the injured animal collapsed in tears. Dnyaneshwar asked the buffalo owner to stop out of concern for the animal. The priests ridiculed him for being more concerned about a beast and unconcerned about the teachings of the Vedas. Dnyaneshwar retorted that the Vedas themselves held all life to be sacred and a manifestation of the ''[[Brahman]]''.{{efn|According to Jeaneane D. Fowler, former Head of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the [[University of Wales]], ''brahman'' is the "ultimate Reality, the Source from which all emanates, the unchanging absolute".{{sfn|Fowler|2002|p=49}}}} The outraged priests pointed out that his logic implied that beasts should be able to learn the Vedas as well. An undeterred Dnyaneshwar then placed his hand on the buffalo's forehead and it started reciting a Vedic verse in a deep voice.{{sfn|Dallmayr|2007|p=44}} According to [[Fred Dallmayr]], one may not be concerned whether this story accurately reflects Dnyaneshwar's biography, the story does have symbolic significance in the same manner as the story about Jesus in Jerusalem in Matthew 3:9.{{sfn|Dallmayr|2007|p=44}}

In another miracle, Dnyaneshwar was challenged by [[Changdev]], an accomplished yogi who rode on a tiger with his magical powers, to replicate this feat. Dnyaneshwar humbled Changdev by riding on a moving wall.{{sfn|Mokashi-Punekar|2005|p=72}}{{sfn|Grover|1990|p=220}}{{efn|The story of the holy man riding a tiger /lion and the other encountering him on a moving wall has been found in many other religions including Buddhism, Sikhism, and the Abrahamic religions as well.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Callewaert|editor-first1= Winand M.|last=Digby|first=Simon|title=According to tradition : hagiographical writing in India, Chapter To ride a tiger or a wall|date=1994|publisher=Harrassowitz|location=Wiesbaden|isbn=9783447035248|pages=100–110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GrMwdEqHLzEC&q=%22moving+wall%22+tiger&pg=PA99|access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref>}} Dnyaneshwar's advice to Changdev was given in 65 verses called the ''Changdev Pasasthi''.{{sfn|Bahirat|2006|p=15}} Changdev became a disciple of Dnyaneshwar's sister Muktabai.{{sfn|O'Connell|1999|pp=260–1}}