華嚴經義海百門 1.49

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1.49

First, merging principle and phenomena: the dust mote's characteristics being round and small are the phenomenon; the dust mote's nature being empty and nonexistent is the principle. Because phenomena have no intrinsic essence, phenomena accord with principle and are fused and pervasive. Because the dust mote has no intrinsic essence, it pervades and penetrates everything. Because every phenomenon is not different from principle, it fully appears within the dust mote. Therefore, the sūtra says: 'A vast world is precisely a narrow world; a narrow world is precisely a vast world.'

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