Each of us is in both the historical dimension and the ultimate dimension. But we have not yet learned to touch the ultimate dimension. We dwell only in the historical dimension. We need to practice in order to lift ourselves up, to abandon our attachment to the historical dimension, and to see into the true nature of no-birth, no-death, no up, no

The bodhisattva is one who is liberated from the notions of self, person, living being, and life span.

a flower is made only of non-flower elements, like sunshine, earth, water, time, and space.

the president of our country is composed of non-president elements, including economics, politics, hatred, violence, love, and so on.

When we know that “A” is not “A,” when we know that our president is not our president, that he is us, we will no longer reproach or blame him.

Our sheet of paper is made of non-paper elements, like trees, sunshine, rain, soil, minerals, time, space, and consciousness.

Shakyamuni Buddha explains that Prabhutaratna is a Buddha who realized full enlightenment a very long time ago and made a vow to come and utter, “Wonderful! Wonderful!” every time a Buddha appears in the world and teaches the Lotus Sutra.

“Your first love has no beginning or end. Your first love is not your first love, and it is not your last. It is just love. It is one with everything.”

To begin this practice, look into the nature of impermanence. Then continue and look into the nature of nonself and interbeing. Just by doing that, everything will be revealed to you in its entirety, the one in the many and the many in the one.