How Enlightening Beings See the World

In a single atom
They see all worlds;

As in one atom,
So in all atoms;

In every single atom
Are all things of all places and times;

Mind is in the world,
World is in the mind --
About this they do not wrongly create
Discriminations of duality and nonduality. (pp. 959-964)

Excerpted from "The Practice of Universal Good" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra by Thomas Cleary

To See a World

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

From "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake.

On Anavatapta

Anavatapta, or Heatless Lake, is the lake lying at the center of the world, the source of the four great rivers:

Flowery forests of jewel trees circle the lake, and when the sun comes out, they reflect everything in and outside the lake, joining the reflections and radiance into a network of light. Myriad things are like this—far and near, high and low, broad and narrow, coarse and fine, even down to the tiniest grain of sand and mote of dust, all being beautiful jewels, clearly mirroring lights, all reflected in the orb of the sun, and all reflecting and rereflecting each other; these reflections, neither increasing nor decreasing, neither merged nor separated, are clearly visible as though they were the original substance itself. (p. 841)

Excerpted from "Ten Concentrations" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra by Thomas Cleary

The Ten Kinds of Power

1. The Power of Courageous Strength
2. The Power of Energy
3. The Power of Nonattachment
4. The Power of Silent Calm
5. The Power to Oppose or Conform
6. The Power of the Nature of Things
7. The Power of Nonobstruction
8. The Power of Fearlessness
9. The Power of Intellect
10. The Power of Revelation

Based on "Ten Concentrations" in The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra by Thomas Cleary