|
| GeorgeRichard wrote:
| teddyh wrote:
| _To see a world in a grain of sand_
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| _And a heaven in a wild flower,_
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| _Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,_
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| _And eternity in an hour._
|
| -- William Blake
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| " _Buddhism uses a similar image to describe the
| interconnectedness of all phenomena. It is called Indra 's Net.
| When Indra fashioned the world, he made it as a web, and at every
| knot in the web is tied a pearl. Everything that exists, or has
| ever existed, every idea that can be thought about, every datum
| that is true--every dharma, in the language of Indian philosophy
| --is a pearl in Indra's net. Not only is every pearl tied to
| every other pearl by virtue of the web on which they hang, but on
| the surface of every pearl is reflected every other jewel on the
| net. Everything that exists in Indra's web implies all else that
| exists._"
|
| -- Timothy Brook
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