Case 66 never ends, and so we intrapenetrate Case 67, The Avatamsaka Sutra's Wisdom ...
The Avatamsaka (also known as the Kegon, Huayan or 'Flower Garland') Sutra was influential in the Zen world for its teaching of the intimate intrapenetration, interflowing, same-not-sameness and radical all is one each are all identity of all things ...
Another way to express this ...
A frequently cited expression of this vision of reality is the simile of Indra’s Net from the Avatamsaka Sutra, which was further elaborated by the Huayan teachers. The whole universe is seen as a multidimensional net. At every point where the strands of the net meet, jewels are set. Each jewel reflects the light reflected in the jewels around it, and each of those jewels in turn reflects the light from all the jewels around them, and so on, forever. In this way, each jewel, or each particular entity or event, including each person, ultimately reflects and expresses the radiance of the entire universe. All of totality can be seen in each of its parts.
More here ...
http://www.lionsroar.com/the-phenome...rnament-sutra/
Thus, as in the Preface, one speck contains countless shapes. The one mind is your mind is the countless minds and minded things of the universe ... is the mind of Shakyamuni Buddha.
Some of the other references:
The Preface "a great man crowned with heaven and standing upon the earth" may point to the famous statements attributed to the Buddha upon his birth ("In the heavens above and beneath the heavens, I alone am honored.") and in attaining enlightenment ("I attain the way simultaneously with all beings"). This "I along am honored" is simultaneously the honoring of all sentient beings and all things, which have been the attained way all along. Yamada Roshi writes:
As to the Appreciatory verse, the words point to something-not-a-thing boundless, without inside or outside or up or down, yet which fills heaven and earth and the smallest point. The ancestors fruitlessly try to express this in words, doing what they can. Its last line regards Master Nansen who held up a single leaf and called it sacred, and sufficient to feed the whole world.
Are you caught like a fish in Indra's net?
Gassho, J
SatToday as Indra's Net
The Avatamsaka (also known as the Kegon, Huayan or 'Flower Garland') Sutra was influential in the Zen world for its teaching of the intimate intrapenetration, interflowing, same-not-sameness and radical all is one each are all identity of all things ...
... each thing is intimately connected to every other thing, each thing is an expression of the interdependence of everything else, the whole universe is an expression of each individual thing, and each thing is exactly itself. In other words: everything is interdependent; you are just the universe expressing itself; your actions have infinite impact; and each thing is simply itself, you are you.
A frequently cited expression of this vision of reality is the simile of Indra’s Net from the Avatamsaka Sutra, which was further elaborated by the Huayan teachers. The whole universe is seen as a multidimensional net. At every point where the strands of the net meet, jewels are set. Each jewel reflects the light reflected in the jewels around it, and each of those jewels in turn reflects the light from all the jewels around them, and so on, forever. In this way, each jewel, or each particular entity or event, including each person, ultimately reflects and expresses the radiance of the entire universe. All of totality can be seen in each of its parts.
Another time, Fazang illustrated the Huayan teachings for Empress Wu by constructing a hall of mirrors, placing mirrors on the ceiling, floor, four walls, and four corners of a room. In the center he placed a Buddha image with a lamp next to it. Standing in this room, the empress could see that the reflection in any one mirror clearly reflected the reflections from all of the other mirrors, including the specific reflection of the Buddha image in each one. This fully demonstrated the unobstructed interpenetration of the particular and the totality, with each one contained in all, and with all contained in each one. Moreover, it showed the nonobstructed interpenetration of each particular mirror with each of the others.
http://www.lionsroar.com/the-phenome...rnament-sutra/
Some of the other references:
The Preface "a great man crowned with heaven and standing upon the earth" may point to the famous statements attributed to the Buddha upon his birth ("In the heavens above and beneath the heavens, I alone am honored.") and in attaining enlightenment ("I attain the way simultaneously with all beings"). This "I along am honored" is simultaneously the honoring of all sentient beings and all things, which have been the attained way all along. Yamada Roshi writes:
This is what these lines are referring to. Although most people are not aware of it, this
is the truth about each and every one of us. Each of us is: “In the heavens above and beneath
the heavens, I alone am honored.” But unless you realize it, you don’t know it. Realizing it is
knowing that it has always been so. ...
Unless he has realized that fact, he turns his back on his own true nature.
Then it is as if he has “buried away the family treasure” and is unable to use that treasure.
http://www.sanbo-zen.org/shoyoroku_67.pdf
is the truth about each and every one of us. Each of us is: “In the heavens above and beneath
the heavens, I alone am honored.” But unless you realize it, you don’t know it. Realizing it is
knowing that it has always been so. ...
Unless he has realized that fact, he turns his back on his own true nature.
Then it is as if he has “buried away the family treasure” and is unable to use that treasure.
http://www.sanbo-zen.org/shoyoroku_67.pdf
Are you caught like a fish in Indra's net?
Gassho, J
SatToday as Indra's Net
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