Thus all the visible universe is the Buddha; so are all sounds; hold fast to one principle and all the others are identical. On seeing one thing, you see all. On perceiving any individual's mind, you are perceiving all Mind. Obtain a glimpse of one way and all ways are embraced in your vision, for there is nowhere at all which is devoid of the Way. When your glance falls upon a grain of dust, what you see is identical with all the vast world-systems with their great rivers and mighty hills. To gaze upon a drop of water is to behold the nature of all the waters of the universe.
Moreover, in thus contemplating the totality of phenomena, you are contemplating the totality of Mind. All these phenomena are intrinsically void and yet this Mind with which they are identical is no mere nothingness. By this I mean that it does exist, but in a way too marvelous for us to comprehend. It is an existence which is no existence, a non-existence which is nevertheless existence. So this true Void does in some marvelous way 'exist'.
Wandering Ronin commentary and questions: As Huángbò teaches here, Obtain a glimpse of one way and all ways are embraced in your vision, for there is nowhere at all which is devoid of the Way. If there is nowhere at all which is devoid of the Way, then the Way is in every single thing that we can perceive or possibly reason about. Hence, there are no real distinctions among the myriad things, only the ones that we continue to accept as 'real'. This is the Way through the iron wall and over the silver mountain.
Submitted November 09, 2018 at 01:20AM by WanderingRonin77 https://ift.tt/2QuMWlp
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