THERE was an old monk sitting
in the room, doing nothing with one of his students standing behind
him. Two of his students, student A and B were arguing about
something outside the room, for a while, student A rushing to the
room, giving the description of argument to the old monk, and
asking "Master, am I right?", the old monk answering "You are
right", student A rushing to student B who is outside the room, few
minutes later, student B also rushing to the room and giving his
opinion about the argument to the old monk, and asking the same
question "Master, am I right?", the old monk answering "You are
right", student B so happy and leaving the room, in this moment the
student behind the old monk asking the old monk with whispering
voice "Master, if A is right, B must be wrong, if B is right, A
must be wrong, how come they are all (right)?", the old monk
answering "You are right too".
WHY? Because the old monk is already in the level of the WHOLE ONE,
he can accept all kinds of opinions. As a matter of fact, the old
monk can also give negative answers to his students like "You are
wrong", it all because that the old monk already surpassed any
standpoint and does not have his original nature.
"Everything are affirmative, everything are negative", is
the "Perfection and Completion" idea of the Hua Yen theory, is
also
the conclusion of "Existence" and "Emptiness" becoming
"ONE"(Existence equal Emptiness). When we understand this "ONE",
then we might understand the next "In the level of higher
dimension, (Everything are one, one is everything) (This is that,
that is this) (Big equal small) (Past same as present),
everything
are not interfere with one another".
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