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Originally Posted by The Rev
I thought Indra's net symbolized that everything is just a reflection of a reflection, and that all is essentially empty.
The Rev |
In the sense that the Net shows interdependence/dependent origination, which in turn connects to emptiness of concept and form, that is pretty much what I was getting at by saying the tree isn't just a tree.
Click the link, as that is one of the first things they mentioned in to be used as a metaphor for.
This is a pretty good read and really helped shed light into words and concepts for me. Which in turn become thought and action, with Compassion.
Nagarjuna's Precious Garland.
99. Because the phenomena of forms
Are only names, space too is only a name.
Without the elements how could forms exist?
Therefore even name-only does not exist