On 8/24/05, Bhikkhu samahita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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!)

Just to clarify things a bit here: when the Buddha says that "all
phenomena are mere apparitions", he is not referring to 'everything'.


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