The Dharma-realm is the totality of the interpenetrating web of
existence. In each part of this whole, the whole is present, and
in the whole, each part is a necessary ingredient. Just as any
part of a three-dimensional holographic image of a thing contains
the whole image, each part of the Dharma-realm, each item of
existence,
reflects and includes each and every other part;
for all are inter-dependent. And yet each item of existence
remains what
it is, without obstruction from the other items - indeed it cannot
be what it is without its relationship with them. Here is a
holistic, organic vision of things, in which
the entire universe of space and time
is
present in a particle of dust:
'Every living
being and every minute thing is significant, since even the tiniest
thing contains the whole mystery.'
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