@NoaidiX where in the sutras is the Buddha compared metaphorically to a mirror?
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I resonate most with the range of metaphors invoked by the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, which also compares the Buddha's purification of beings (instantaneous, culminating in non-discrimination and imagelessness) to a mirror reflecting images indiscriminately/instantaneously.
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One more which I have open next to me for a direct quote is the Gaṇḍavyūha Sūtra: the "determination for enlightenment" (bodhicitta|菩提心, literally "awakened mind," often portrayed as compassionate resolve) "is like a mirror, showing the reflection of all ways into truth."

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