It sounded more literal to me. The sun is the source of light and the moon only reflects light it gets from the sun. I don't see how a person could go from reflecting light to generating it, without the potential having been there to begin with.

I'm trying to think of that name of that cult in China that claims to have the only true Buddhism. Google is my friend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong

Is this what we are talking about?