Buddha as the living Dharma is sometimes called Vairochana, the eternal Buddha of the ultimate dimension. He is made of light, flowers, joy, and peace, and we can walk with him, sit with him, and take his hand. As we enter the realm of Avatamsaka, it is Vairochana Buddha we encounter.

Learning to transcend your mental constructions of reality is an art.

Getting angry in the historical dimension, we close our eyes and look deeply. Where will we be in three hundred years? We open our eyes and hug.

Don’t worry if you do not understand. You don’t have to understand anything. Just enjoy the words of this beautiful sutra. If they make you feel lighter, that is enough. It is not necessary to feel a heavy weight on your shoulders. Someday, with no effort at all, you will understand. You only have to allow yourself to be there, to touch deeply each

The cosmos is a mental construction. Everything comes from our mind. If our mind is filled with afflictions and delusions, we live in a world of afflictions and delusions. If our mind is pure and filled with mindfulness, compassion, and love, we live in the Avatamsaka world.

When we touch our baby Buddha—the seeds of understanding and love that are buried within us—we become filled with bodhicitta, the mind of enlightenment, the mind of love. From that moment on, everything we do or say nourishes the baby Buddha within us, and we are filled with joy, confidence, and energy. According to Mahayana Buddhism, awakening to

Our sheet of paper is made of non-paper elements, like trees, sunshine, rain, soil, minerals, time, space, and consciousness.

the president of our country is composed of non-president elements, including economics, politics, hatred, violence, love, and so on.

When we know that “A” is not “A,” when we know that our president is not our president, that he is us, we will no longer reproach or blame him.