THE PRINCIPLE
OF A UNITY OF APPEARANCES, THIRTY
" Subhuti, suppose a good man or good woman were to pulverize a threefold
great thousand world system into fine particles of dust. What do you think,
would those fine particles of dust be many?" Subhuti said, "Very many
World Honored One. Why? If those fine particles of dust did exist, the
Buddha would not have called them fine particles of dust. Why is this?
What the Buddha speaks of as fine particles of dust are not fine particles
of dust. Therefore they are called fine particles of dust. "World Honored
One, what the Buddha spoke of as a threefold great thousand world system
is not a world system. Therefore it is called a world system. Why? If
world systems actually existed, that would constitute a unity of appearances.
What the Thus Come One speaks of as a unity of appearances is not a unity
of appearances. Therefore it is called a unity of appearances." "Subhuti,
a unity of appearances cannot really be expressed, but common people become
greedily attached to such things."
