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Imagine a multidimensional spider's web in the early morning covered with dew drops. And every dew drop contains the reflection of all the other dew drops. And,
by manjushri 9y ago
Imagine a multidimensional spider's web in the early morning covered with dew drops. And every dew drop contains the reflection of all the other dew drops. And, in each reflected dew drop, the reflections of all the other dew drops in that reflection. And so ad infinitum. That is the Buddhist conception of the universe in an image."
–Alan Watts
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra%27s_net https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra%27s_net
- ShabbosGoy 9y agoPerhaps this is an apt metaphor for the human mind as well.
- AstralStorm 9y agoIndra's Net. Older than dirt or Buddhism. It is shown in the few surviving Sanskrit tracts too. The problem with the concept is that it is not constructive not prescriptive.