Friend Ian Johanson wrote:
>>>All phenomena are merely like apparitions in a dream.
>It will be interesting to see if Bhikkhu Samahita agrees...
Not quite actually:
"Everything exists": This is the first unverifiable speculative extreme.
(Substantialism!)
"Everything is an illusion": This is another unverifiable speculative
extreme. (Illusionism!)
Note that both these ontologies unnoticed inherently imply that
existence is static...!!!
Which actually and observable existence is not! Existence is ever
changing & dynamic!
Without veering towards any of these extremes the Buddha teaches from
the subtle middle:
_Condensed Conditionality:_
When this is present, that too is in existence.
When this arises, that too emerges.
When this is absent, that too is nonexistent.
When this ceases, that too fades away.
_The Conditional Relations in Detail:_
The condition of Ignorance causes Mental Construction to arise.
The condition of Mental Construction causes Consciousness to arise.
The condition of Consciousness causes Name-&-Form to arise.
The condition of Name-&-Form causes The 6 Senses to arise.
The condition of The 6 Senses causes Contact to arise.
The condition of Contact causes Feeling to arise.
The condition of Feeling causes Craving to arise.
The condition of Craving causes Clinging to arise.
The condition of Clinging causes Becoming to arise.
The condition of Becoming causes Birth to arise.
The condition of Birth causes Ageing, Decay & Death to arise.
The condition of Ageing, Decay & Death causes Pain to arise...
Such is the arising of this entire immense mass of Suffering!!!
The fading away of Ignorance causes Mental Construction to cease.
The fading away of Mental Construction causes Consciousness to
cease.
The fading away of Consciousness causes Name-&-Form to cease.
The fading away of Name-&-Form causes The 6 Senses to cease.
The fading away of The 6 Senses causes Contact to cease.
The fading away of Contact causes Feeling to cease.
The fading away of Feeling causes Craving to cease.
The fading away of Craving causes Clinging to cease.
The fading away of Clinging causes Becoming to cease.
The fading away of Becoming causes Birth to cease.
The fading away of Birth causes Ageing, Decay & Death to cease.
The fading away of Ageing, Decay & Death causes Pain to cease...
Such is the ceasing of this entire immense mass of Suffering!!!
This is called Dependent Co-origination!
Deep, dynamic, & abysmally profound is this...
Friendship is the Greatest ...
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka.
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