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One Is Many; Many Are One
Original title: 一即多、多即一
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An idea appearing in Buddhist Huayan and Zen thought, that one and many mutually identify with each other. It refers to a reciprocal relationship in which the individual (one) identifies with the whole (many), and the whole (many) with the individual (one).
The one is many:
One thing encompassing the whole, with the whole embodied within it.
The many are one:
The whole being integrated into one thing, with the whole embodied within it.
仏教の華厳宗や禅の思想に現れる、一と多が相互に即しているという考え方です。つまり、個（一）が全体（多）に、全体（多）が個（一）に即しているという、相互関係を指します.
一即多:
一つのものが、全体を包み込み、その中に全体が具現していること.
多即一:
全体が、一つのものに統合され、その中に全体が具現していること.
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