@NoaidiX where in the sutras is the Buddha compared metaphorically to a mirror?
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The mirror is more commonly invoked as a metaphor for insubstantiality (i.e., the images reflected in a mirror are not real) such as in the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa/Sūtra and Prajñāpāramitā sūtras, but also to depict a mind capable of clearly reflecting phenomena as they are.
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For instance, the Avataṃsaka Sūtra understands the mirror in multiple contexts, one of them being the insubstantiality of all phenomena, including the practices one undertakes on the path, and another the capacity to reflect and illuminate all phenomena.
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