With unattached, unbound, liberated mind, cultivate and learn Universal Good's knowledge of all things: knowing infinite things in one thing; knowing one thing in all things.
Based on "Ten Dedications" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Former President Bill Clinton explains Barack Obama's natural leadership skill as "lateral integration" of other people's experiences:
No president can have enough of the right experience to be successful based solely on his own firsthand knowledge[.] The job is too big for that, which is why all of Dick Cheney's experience in different positions of government didn't make him a better leader. You have to have led multiple lives by absorbing the life and work experiences of others. (p. 210)
Found in The Promise: President Obama, Year One
Leaders vow to penetrate the intrinsic nature of things and see all situations as pure; they vow to develop knowledge of nondifferentiation, entering all fields in one field.
Based on "Ten Dedications" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Hum softly, Trochilidae, and
fan the scent of Buddleia,
as young Sudhana sipped
sweet nectars of the Buddha.
Wing swiftly, Lepidoptera, to
remind of metamorphosis,
the fractal stage of chrysalis,
the cosmic net of Indra.
Inspired by "Entry into the Realm of Reality," the story of Sudhana's path to enlightenment, in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
Things cannot be seen apart from causality.
Excerpted from "Ten Dedications" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra
