一花一世界 (yì huā yí shìjiè)

This original artifact design applies the character and calligraphy knowledge Maggie R. Lim acquired in Fall 2023. The meaning of this short phrase is from Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra (Huáyán jīng in Chinese). It interprets the world view as “A tiny flower represents a chiliocosm, as a single tree covers the bodhi.” It expresses a similar idea as the poem “to see a world in a grain of sand” written by William Blake.

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