帝釈網(Taishakumou)

帝釈網(Taishaku-mou) is very important concept of buddhism. It means Taishaku's net. Taishaku is a god in India. IIndra's Indian name is "Sakro Devanam Indrah". (There are long vowels in sanskrit.)



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Suppose it is a net. And there is a jewel like diamond at each centers of "+". And please imagine the net is very very large, so we can't count the number of +. The net is as large as the world. Namely, it is infinite. Please imagine the net is the unlimited world.



Suppose you pick up centermost + of the net. What does happened in your image? I think you picked up centermost one and others at the same time. Because it is a net. This is the correlation buddhist monk preach. There is no way you pick up only a +. And please look at any +. There is a jewel, and. Suppose you are the lucent jewel. Please look around. How many "you" are in the net? Jewel reflect images. You are in the all jewels. All jewels in your jewel as same as your jewel in all jewels. There is not yourself what you think always. You are a jewel and all jewels at the same time. We can't separate. This is coidentity (or oneness) buddhist monk preach. Yourself is the people. The people are yourself.



Then, suppose you pick up a jewel and suppose the jewel is your country. What did you pick up? You must be picked up other countries too. Thus, other countries are also your own country. Of corse other countries are other countries but other countries are also your countries. The world is the one. Suppose it is a Iraq issue. You picked up welfare problems and nuclear issues and a situation in the Korean Peninsula and others too. A problem has relation with all problems. Namely a problem is all problems. Other people's problem is your own problem. Your problem is other people's problem.



And I think you found that there is no center because the net is infinitely large. No center, That is, all + are center of this world. All things are center of the world. All + are ego(actor) and All + are nonego at the same time.



And there is no place where absolute God is. Because the net is the world and corelative. If a jewel was god, you are the God. This is the difference between Christian faith and Buddhism.



And I need to mention other things to explain Buddhist thoughts but I will write about them with another analogies.



Now we reached at the bottom of a hill where the path way of philosophy is.



I might explain too much.



The photo: The photo is ,,,,,I forgot. Anyway, Japan!