華嚴發菩提心章 1.89

1.89

2. The gate of phenomena pervading principle: This means that the phenomena that pervade have delimitations, while the principle that is pervaded must be without delimitations. These delimited phenomena are entirely identical with the undelimited principle, not partially identical. Why is this? Because phenomena lack intrinsic substance and are just like principle. Therefore, without being destroyed, a single speck of dust pervades the dharmadhātu. As it is with a single speck of dust, so it is with all dharmas. Contemplate this. This gate of complete pervasion transcends emotional habits and departs from conceptual views; no worldly analogy can fully illustrate it. It is like the entire great ocean being present in a single wave, yet the ocean is not small; like a single small wave encircling the great ocean, yet the wave is not large. Simultaneously completely pervading all waves, yet the ocean is not diverse; simultaneously each encircling the great ocean, yet the waves are not one. Furthermore, when the great ocean completely pervades a single wave, this does not prevent its entire substance from completely pervading all waves; when a single wave completely encircles the ocean, all waves also each completely encircle it without obstructing one another. Contemplate this.