[HN Gopher] Any single galaxy reveals the composition of an enti... ___________________________________________________________________ Any single galaxy reveals the composition of an entire universe Author : bryanrasmussen Score : 14 points Date : 2022-01-21 09:24 UTC (13 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.quantamagazine.org) (TXT) w3m dump (www.quantamagazine.org) | GeorgeRichard wrote: | teddyh wrote: | _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._ | | -- William Blake | | " _Buddhism uses a similar image to describe the | interconnectedness of all phenomena. It is called Indra 's Net. | When Indra fashioned the world, he made it as a web, and at every | knot in the web is tied a pearl. Everything that exists, or has | ever existed, every idea that can be thought about, every datum | that is true--every dharma, in the language of Indian philosophy | --is a pearl in Indra's net. Not only is every pearl tied to | every other pearl by virtue of the web on which they hang, but on | the surface of every pearl is reflected every other jewel on the | net. Everything that exists in Indra's web implies all else that | exists._" | | -- Timothy Brook ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-01-21 23:00 UTC)