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Old 22-03-2012, 10:55 PM
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if buddhists believe this world is an illusion what do they believe about the real

world or what exactly is the real world to them?
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Old 27-03-2012, 03:55 AM
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In my current opinion , "Buddhist" is never existed in Buddhism as buddhism is a PROCESS of understanding ownself by being awake by own realization . One should free himself from all his knowledge , accepted himself of SAME and EQUAL with all beings ( living or non-living ) to know and understand own purity . Therefore one SHOULD NEVER distingust / differenciate himslf from others by grouping as "Buddhist"......

There is "no real world" in Buddhism .is only a REALIZATION of ownself , in own beings .

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Old 27-03-2012, 04:00 AM
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if buddhists believe this world is an illusion what do they believe about the real world or what exactly is the real world to them?

In Buddhism the 'real' is not made of beliefs like this illusory ever-changing world is subject to.

The Real to discover and know in one's own direct experience is unchanging pure aware beingness.

Meditation is the way.


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Old 30-03-2012, 11:51 PM
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Buddhists don,t believe the world is an illusion, quite the opposite.The illusion referred to is the mental constructs which we make in our minds.The explanations and stories we tell ourselves are the illusions.
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Old 31-03-2012, 07:28 AM
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Quote:
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Buddhists don,t believe the world is an illusion, quite the opposite.The illusion referred to is the mental constructs which we make in our minds.The explanations and stories we tell ourselves are the illusions.


Yes, and we continue to create our own suffering because of our ignorance of its causes.


The online study guide at Buddhanet is helpful for anyone wishing to learn more about Buddhism.

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/guide.htm


with kind wishes to all,

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Old 30-03-2012, 11:57 PM
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i thought the idea is that the physical world is illusory, i.e. not what it appears, meaning it's not as solid as we think etc, but yes certainly not an "illusion" in any way, very real...
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Old 31-03-2012, 12:28 AM
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Yes...That's one aspect of the illusion. Even seemingly solid matter is really energies - molecules, atoms, electrons, photons, etc. and open space between them.


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Old 02-04-2012, 12:09 AM
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There are two levels of truth, conventional and ultimate. Conventional truth has validity due to conventions (what perceiving minds agree to label as true). That applies to all the objects in this world. Ultimate truth, emptiness or sunyata is the pure nature of consciousness itself. This is indescribable but is the reality behind conventional truths.
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Old 02-04-2012, 12:19 AM
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Speaking from my own inn Buddha Consciousness, I think there is no belief in the so called real, there is just what IS, and in what IS all beliefs are left behind, because in pure Essence there is no thought, no concepts, just pure Silence.
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Old 02-04-2012, 07:21 PM
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i see now, there is the illusory nature of the physical realm and the illusory nature of mental awareness. whereas truth can be perceived directly in other dimensions, here it has become possible that truth may not be perceived at all.
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