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The nature of the Dharmas is perfect. |
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It does not have two different aspects. |
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All the various Dharmas are unmoving |
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and fundamentally still. |
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They are without name and form, |
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cut off from all things. |
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This is understood by enlightened wisdom, |
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and not by any other sphere. |
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The One is in the many, |
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the many are within the One. |
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The One is many the many are One |
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Numberless kalpas are the same as one moment. |
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One moment is the same as numberless kalpas. |
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This is an excerpt from a long teaching-poem
based on the Avatamsaka-sutra. It was written by a very famous master,
Ui-Sang, during the golden age of the Shilla Dynasty in Korea. These verses
are chanted every day in most temples in Korea. They point directly to
the nature of Dharma. |
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