Malcolm wrote:Yes, considering that atoms in that text are considered illustrative of ultimate dharmas, etc.
Actually, I was thinking of Chapter XXI and the 8 Knowledges in regards to the 5 skandhas...
“And he who looks upon the world
As one who looks upon a bubble,
As one who looks upon a mirage,
Is out of sight of Death the King” (Dhp 170).
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"He sees both the sign and the occurrence as empty, vain, void, without power
or guide, like an empty village, a mirage, a goblin city, etc., when he brings
[them] to mind as not-self, and so the sign and occurrence appear to him as a
terror."
...
"He sees all formations as not-self for the following reasons: because they are
alien, empty, vain, void, ownerless, with no Overlord, with none to wield power
over them, and so on."
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However, I'm not making the case that this is the same as the realization of the emptiness of all dharmas.