Indra's Net
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CORE DEFINITION
A metaphor describing the structure of the universe. In the heavenly palace hangs an infinite net, with a jewel at each knot. Each jewel reflects the images of all other jewels, and within those images are the images of other jewels, endlessly repeated, mutually interpenetrating and interincluding.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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A holographic, interconnected systems view. In this world, nothing exists in isolation. Each individual (jewel) contains the information of the whole and is also constrained by the whole. A single move affects the entire system; harming any node will ultimately reflect back through the network and harm oneself.
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Indra's Net is a Huayan/Buddhist metaphor: the net of Indra is adorned with jewels, each jewel reflects the images of all other jewels, endlessly. It symbolizes the holistic and holographic nature of all things being mutually causal and mutually reflecting, a systemic picture of 'one is all'.
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