[Essays and Prose] Fragmented Understanding

Master: Looking at the satellite typhoon map, we easily get the illusion that the typhoon is moving, but actually it is the entire atmospheric system that is moving. A typhoon has no soul, no will, and no freedom; it is just a part of the whole system, and it is our selective vision that separates it out. Now look at the pictures of Xiao Qian running naked. The same principle applies: it is not Xiao Qian who is moving, but the entire universe that is moving.\Disciple: That makes sense. Division is the beginning of knowledge, as well as the beginning of bondage.\Master: The knowledge you mentioned should perhaps be called creation. Of course, it is not us who are creating, but the universe that is creating. For humans, it has always been about creating knowledge through understanding; for an individual, it is about understanding the knowledge created by humanity.\Disciple: Hmm, there was a period when I thought humans were mirrors in the hands of the universe, and the universe was examining itself through human eyes. Now I don't know if this view is correct. Too lazy to think about it.\Master: Becoming a Buddha is to become a perfectly clean and flawless mirror; ordinary people are like a damaged mirror covered in dust. Consciousness is the mirror, and the body is the frame.