華嚴經義海百門 1.52

1.52

Fourth, gathering the distant and the near: this dust mote is near, and those worlds of the ten directions are distant. Now, the dust mote has no intrinsic essence and encompasses and pervades all ten directions; these ten directions are entirely the ten directions of the dust mote, and therefore the distant is always near. However, although the ten directions are distant, they are merely the ten directions of the dust mote's nature; even if they surpass inexpressible worlds, they do not go beyond the dust mote's nature. Why is this? The measure of the dust mote has no intrinsic essence and is equal to the realm of empty space, incapable of being surpassed; therefore, all ten directions are manifested solely by the dust mote's nature. Furthermore, although one departs from this place and reaches the ten directions, one still sees this dust mote. Why is this? Because the dust mote has no intrinsic essence, phenomena accord with principle and are fused and manifest; therefore, when the dust mote's nature pervades all times, the dust mote's phenomenon also manifests identically. This is the manifestation of all within a single dust mote, while the distant and the near, this and that, remain distinctly apparent. The ten directions enter into a single dust mote: being distant, they are always near; the dust mote pervades the ten directions: being near, it is always distant. Between the dust mote and the ten directions, the near and the distant, they are clearly a single realm, with no other difference; reflect upon this.