"10000 Things"
Channel: One Mind Zen Collective
Date: 24/09/2023

10,000 things are form, not separate from the Dao or Wu, and are characterized by Shunyata--emptiness of any self-nature. They are interdependent and interpenetrate without hindrance. They are dependent arising in action. There is no dualism in the 10,000 things, as their nature is non-dual and interdependent. Change one thing, and the other 9,999 change also. The earth and heavens are not one, and not two.

We as sentient beings are standing exactly at the interface between the heavens and earth--right in the middle of yin/yang. We are the 10,000 things constantly changing ourselves and thus changing all 10,000 things. We are the expression of the 10,000 things.
The 10,000 things return to the 1. Where does the 1 return?
Ven Won Yung gave the Dharma talk at One Mind Zen on September 20, 2023.