JI JI MUGE

The Buddhist term ji ji muge is defined as the mutual interpenetration of all things and events, which is to say that all things and events affect all other things and events.  It is like three-dimensional chess where one move is actually three moves. 

Ji ji muge, though, occurs on a far grander scale.  One analogy is that of a spider's web, where every dew drop on the web reflects every other dew drop on it.   Similar to this is Indra's net, as it is called, where there is a jewel tied in every "eye" of the net, and in every one of these jewels can be seen the reflection of all the other jewels.

The lesson of ji ji muge is that we must be vigilant, called "mindfulness" in Buddhism.  We must act responsibly.  Everything we think, do, and say affects, either directly or in subtle and unseen ways, all the rest of existence and over great spans of time. 

According to Vedanta, this is possible because everything is one thing, Brahman.  Everything happens within Brahman.

It is interesting that while Vedanta speaks of ji ji muge in spiritual terms, Buddhism refers to it as though a phenomenon of nature, like polarity, or gravity.