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    1. ericlinuskaplan‏ @ericlinuskaplan Feb 23
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      @NoaidiX where in the sutras is the Buddha compared metaphorically to a mirror?

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    2. x.noaidi‏ @NoaidiX Feb 24
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      I've not seen the Buddha himself compared metaphorically to a mirror, but his wisdom surely is (e.g., [mahā-]ādarśana-jñāna, [大]圓鏡智) and this wisdom is within the capacity of all beings to uncover in themselves.

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    3. x.noaidi‏ @NoaidiX Feb 24
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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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    4. x.noaidi‏ @NoaidiX Feb 24
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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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    5. x.noaidi‏ @NoaidiX Feb 24
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      Continued: The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra and Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra explicitly liken the activity of consciousness to a mirror reflecting images, while the Śūraṅgama Sūtra uses the mirror metaphor to depict the fundamentally pure mind free of discrimination.

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    6. x.noaidi‏ @NoaidiX Feb 24
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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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      x.noaidi‏ @NoaidiX Feb 24
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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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        2. ericlinuskaplan‏ @ericlinuskaplan Feb 24
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          nice! thanks! that's a good one. I'm not familiar with that sutra.

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        3. x.noaidi‏ @NoaidiX Feb 24
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          It's included near the end of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra but circulated independently and is one of only two chapters preserved in Sanskrit!

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