On Similes

Out of desire to enlighten all conscious beings
Similes are told where there is no comparison. (p. 983)

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

The Network of Conceptions

All situations are manifestations
Of the network of conceptions;
By the means of the net of illusion
One can understand all of them simultaneously. (p. 969)

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