“The primary element in the buddha-fields cosmology is the
infinity of space and light ... [This] cosmology encompasses an infinite number of worlds in
space, whose arrangement lies beyond the reach of rational
thought. These worlds appear in all conceivable, as well as
inconceivable, dimensions and shapes ...These worlds suffuse the ten directions;
millions of worlds interpenetrate one another, and each
world contains billions of others. Billions more are
contained within each atom of each world. This is a
cosmology whose monumental scope serves to open the mind
to the unlimited, unfathomable, nonrational aspects of the
universe. As a result, the mind breaks out of the cage of fixed
concepts of definite space and existence and enters the open
space of myriad worlds without beginning or end, beyond all
fixed dimensions of size and shape. This cosmology also
conveys the bodhisattva conception of enlightenment, which
is the spiritual development of all living beings throughout
the universe as the primary path of one’s own search for
awakening. ...
All that is described is contained within the “sphere of
reality” (dharmadhātu), the ultimate realm that contains
everything that exists. This sphere never changes, never
becomes anything other than itself. It always remains empty
of true existence. The countless realms that appear
throughout the universe all manifest within this single realm:
they exist within it and are destroyed within it. From the
point of view of their ultimate nature, no realms have ever
appeared, have ever been inhabited, have ever been
destroyed. Nevertheless, in relative terms, infinite worldsystems
arise as phantom appearances based on
interdependent connections, and these worlds serve the
purposes of enlightened beings who act as spiritual guides,
realizing that these realms have no ultimate reality. The
unenlightened beings who inhabit these realms also have no
ultimate reality; they cling, however, to the idea that they,
their worlds, and their experiences are ultimately real. The
sphere of reality and the interdependent manifestations
within it can be perceived simultaneously only by the eye of
a buddha.
[Myriad Worlds, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye.]
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