 For the sake of illustration, consider each mystery as it pertains to the category of shi. (1) Each shi simultaneously causes, and results from, all other shi. (2) Each relates to all other shi in a manner that might be described as “fractal”: reflecting all others, being reflected by those others, reflecting those reflections, being reflected in reflections of those reflections, and so on ad infinitum, akin to a jewel of Indra’s net. (3) The arising of each shi is simultaneous with its cessation, and each shi’s revealing itself to nirvanic awareness coincides with the concealment of its dependence upon other shi. (4) Each is endowed with the qualities of all others and so, for example, manifests as simultaneously the smallest particle of dust and the great Mount Sumeru. (5) Each shi, appearing in a single instant of thought, is simultaneously past, present, and future; and each of these times has its own past, present, and future. (6) Each shi is simultaneously pure, insofar as it is identical with all other shi, and mixed, insofar as it contains all other shi within itself. (7) Each shi simultaneously includes, and is included within, all other shi, yet without losing its distinctness from those others. (8) Each is identical with all others, in the sense that each determines the identity and power of all others—and has its identity and power determined by those others—without losing its distinctness. (9) Each shi is nothing more than a creation of mind. (10) Each shi reveals the round teaching of the Avatamsaka Sutra and fosters understanding of the nature of ultimate reality. 