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Fazang’s inquiry into parts and wholes introduces Huayan. It is a specific argument, not a general slogan about interconnectedness.
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Guided course · Module 7 · Lesson 35
Buddhist arguments in new languages and practices
Fazang asks in what sense a rafter is the house, and Dōgen tells of a master who goes on fanning himself. Why do dependence and awakening make neither distinct things nor continued practice dispensable?