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華藏世界海裡的時空泡泡,每個泡泡就是一個世界、一個宇宙

The Space-Time Bubble in the Ocean of Pure Land of Vairocana, Each Bubble is a World and a Universe

在佛教的宇宙觀裡,一個「世界」就是一種特定的時空結構。一種時空結構,就有一種獨有的物理特性與運行模式,而具有時空結構的世界,仍為一種「表徵世界」。

但最精純、最終極的意識本源,不在任何的表徵世界中,也不屬於任何的時空結構,反而是一種「本質」,一種「性」,它不再需要時間與空間的依存。這就是涅槃的特性:回歸本源意識,而不再顯化於表徵宇宙。

如果從華藏世界海的宏觀角度,看各個不同時空結構的宇宙,就像一個個的泡泡,泡泡内有著自己獨有的時空特性。娑婆世界,在一個泡泡中,而西方極樂世界,也在另一個泡泡中。

In Buddhist cosmology, a “world” means a specific space-time structure. A space-time structure has its unique physical property and its operating mode, and the world with space-time structure is still a kind of representational world.

However, the purest and ultimate source of consciousness does not belong to any representational world, nor does it belong to any space-time structure. Instead,it is a kind of essence and a kind of nature, which no longer depends on time and space. This is the characteristic of Nirvana: returning to original consciousness and no longer manifesting in the representational universe.

If you look at the universes with different space-time structures from the macro perspective of the Ocean of Pure Land of Vairocana,they are like bubbles, and each bubble has its own unique space-time characteristics. The Sahā world is in one bubble, and Sukhavati is in another one.