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🪞 The Clear Mirror — The Mind Reflects All Things
In various Mahāyāna scriptures, the Buddha compares the mind to a clear, radiant mirror:
• When covered in dust — it appears dull
• When gently cleaned with ethics, meditation, and wisdom — it shines again
• The mirror never disappears — it was always clear, just momentarily obscured
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🌿 What this means:
• The mind is not inherently defiled — it is obscured by habits, illusions, and clinging
• Spiritual practice is not about “creating” a pure mind, but returning to its natural clarity
• Like a mirror, the awakened mind reflects all phenomena without grasping
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✨ “When the mind is pure, the world is pure.”
Just as a calm lake reflects the moon, a quiet mind reflects truth without distortion. 0 reply
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