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The Net of Indra is a metaphor from Mahayana Buddhism that demonstrates the
principles of Interdependent Origination.
Here are a few articles explaining what this is about:
The metaphor of Indra's Jeweled Net is attributed to an ancient Buddhist named Tu-Shun
(557-640 B.C.E.) who asks us to envision a vast net that:
at each juncture there lies a jewel;
each jewel reflects all the other jewels in this cosmic matrix.
Every jewel represents an individual life form, atom, cell or unit of consciousness.
Each jewel, in turn, is intrinsically and intimately connected to all the others;
thus, a change in one gem is reflected in all the others.
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This last aspect of the jeweled net is explored in a question/answer dialog of teacher and
student in the Avatamsaka Sutra. In answer to the question: "how can all these jewels be
considered one jewel?" it is replied: "If you don't believe that one jewel...is all the
jewels...just put a dot on the jewel [in question]. When one jewel is dotted, there are dots
on all the jewels...Since there are dots on all the jewels...We know that all the jewels are
one jewel"
http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com.es/2009/04/net-of-indra.html
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The moral of Indra's net is that the compassionate and the constructive interventions a
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person makes or does can produce a ripple effect of beneficial action that will reverberate
throughout the universe or until it plays out. By the same token you cannot damage one
strand of the web without damaging the others or setting off a cascade effect of
destruction.
A good explanation of the Hindu/Buddhist myth of Indra's net can be found in The Tao
of Physics
Physics, by Fritjof Capra: "...particles are dynamically composed of one another in a
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self-consistent way, and in that sense can be said to 'contain' one another. In Mahayana
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Buddhism, a very similar notion is applied to the whole universe. This cosmic network of
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------------------------...One of the images used to illustrate the nature of reality as understood in Mahayana
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is The Jewel Net of Indra. According to this image, all reality is to be understood on
analogy with Indra's Net. This net consists entirely of jewels. Each jewel reflects all of
the other jewels, and the existence of each jewel is wholly dependent on its reflection
in all of the other jewels. As such, all parts of reality are interdependent with each
other, but even the most basic parts of existence have no independent existence
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When any jewel in the net is touched, all other jewels in the node are affected. This
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Each node, representing an individual, simply reflects the qualities of all other nodes,
inferring the notion of 'not-self' or a lack of a solid and real inherent self, as seen in
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Indra's Net shoots holes in the assumption or imputation of a solid and fixed universe
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other edge of infinity is something that is difficult for the linear mind, rational mind to
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5. Innate Wisdom
The ability to reflect the entirety of all light in the universe attests to the inherent
transcendant wisdom that is at the core of all nodes, representing all sentient beings,
and to the inherent Buddha Nature.
6. Illusion or Maya
The fact that all nodes are simply a reflection of all others implies the illusory nature of
all appearances. Appearances are thus not reality but a reflection of reality.
7. Universal Creativity
intelligence that springs forth into reality through the instruments of all living beings.
The capacity to reflect all things attests to the mind being a mirror of reality, not its
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The following are some quotes and interesting web sites regarding Indra's Net:
Madhyamaka (9)
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"The Net of Indra is a profound and subtle metaphor for the structure of reality.
Imagine a vast net; at each crossing point there is a jewel; each jewel is perfectly
Mahayana (2)
clear and reflects all the other jewels in the net, the way two mirrors placed opposite
Maitripa (1)
each other will reflect an image ad infinitum. The jewel in this metaphor stands for an
intimately connected with all other jewels in the universe, and a change in one jewel
means a change, however slight, in every other jewel."
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