Fun stuff about dharma. I also liked the Indras Net stuff about space, and the fractals. Thanks for posting it.
--- In [email protected], "llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Bhikkhus, this bowl cannot exist independently. It is here thanks to all > the things we consider non-bowl entities such as earth, water, fire, air, > the potter, and so forth. It is the same for all dharmas. Every dharma > exists in interdependent relation to all other dharmas. All dharmas exist > by the principles of interpenetration and interbeing. > > "Bhikkhus, look deeply at this bowl, and you can see the entire universe. > This bowl contains the entire universe. There is only one thing the bowl is > empty of and that is a separate, individual self. What is a separate, > individual self? It is a self which exists completely on its own, > independent of all other elements. No dharma can exist independently from > other dharmas. No dharma posesses a separate, essential self. That is the > meaning of emptiness. Empty means empty of self." > > Here's some links to stuff on the Jeweled Net of Indra, for those > interested: > > Scroll down on this page for a short article on it: > > http://c1.zedo.com/jsc/c1/ff2.html? n=162;c=1963/1;s=797;d=16;w=720;h=300;t=A > dvertisement > > This is a list of all the implications of the Jeweled Net: > http://www.heartspace.org/misc/IndraNet.html > > a short wikipedia article: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra's_Net > > These articles talks about the Jeweled Net in relation to the internet: > http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/12/03/stories/1303076i.htm > http://www.techgnosis.com/indranet.html - the first half of the page (the > writer's snarky, the but guy he interviews is interesting) > > an article on Indra's Net and the law: > http://a2j.kentlaw.edu/Insights/1999/Indras/ > > Here's a graphic version: > http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/indras-net.html > > Indra's Net animations: > http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/optics/indra.html (I found this to > be a particularly evocative quote from the site: A completely reflective > sphere in void space is basically invisible in the absence of any external > objects. In other words what the viewer sees on its surface, is only what > gets reflected against it. But on every surface are reflected other such > spheres, for which the same assumption holds (i.e. they are invisible). > > a fractle of it: > > http://www.jackhaas.net/art_Digital_Fractal_art_mandala_Jeweled_Web_o f_Indra > _Hindu_art.htm > > The Jeweled Net and the Glass Bead Game: > http://www.glassbeadgame.com/GBG.htm > > Have Fun! > :) Sean > > SNIPPED BY MODERATOR--PLEASE NOTE > > > > > "All composed things are like a dream, > an illusion, a bubble, or a shadow, > Like dew or like a lightning flash, > Meditate on them in this way." > > The Diamond Sutra, a Prajnaparamita text > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links >
