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10 Jul 2018    Tuesday     1st Teach Total 726

The Mutual Attraction and Mutual Replenishment of the Particles of the Four Great Elements Is the Wondrous Function of the Tathāgatagarbha

When the eyes are fatigued, looking at the greenery outside the window can relieve the fatigue of the eyes, and eye fatigue in turn affects the liver. The liver likes the color green, so to protect the liver one should eat green vegetables; green corresponds to the liver. Colors are also composed of particles of the four great elements; when the particles of the four great elements differ, the wavelengths differ, and thus the colors differ. The liver is also composed of particles of the four great elements, and the four great elements of green have a mutually attracting and mutually complementing effect with those of the liver. Therefore, eating a green diet can protect the liver, and looking at green plants can protect the liver. All of these are the marvelous functions and workings of the tathāgatagarbha. The affairs of the dharmadhātu are arranged in perfect order—who arranged them, or is it simply so from the beginning, such by nature?

——Master Sheng-Ru's Teachings
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