Diversity and unity ~ Shantarakshita

Within emptiness, everything exists in a harmonious state,
Whether it is good, bad, beautiful, or ugly.
Just as all the oceans have the flavor of salt,
The diversity of things participates in the unity of emptiness.


Shantarakshita

quoted in the book The Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje's Ocean of Certainty


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