Illusion and Truth
By Paramartha
Substantiality view evoking Self-identity
Signness engendering I-ness or Mine-ness
Ontological commitment leading to fabrications
Fabrications resulting in obsessions
Obsessions generating attachment and aversion
Attachment and aversion catalyzing selfish emotions
Arising of greed, hatred and delusion
Disharmonizing oneself and others
Souring relationships; constructing disharmony
Quarrels, tensions, frictions, conflicts, enmities …..
The whole mass of sufferings assailing
Insubstantiality annihilating egoistic identity
Signlessness eliminating notions of I or Mine
Non-ontological commitment relinquishing fabrications
Non-fabrications appeasing obsessions
Non-obsessions appeasing volitions or dispositions
Mental appeasement engendering equanimity
Supporting and invigorating Brahmavihāras
Harmonizing self and others;
Enhancing relationships; constructing harmony
Love, benevolence, generosity, truthfulness, righteousness…
A Pure Land on terrestrial world emerging
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The worldings perceive the illusive phenomena of the multiplicity of the empirical world. Their attachment and aversion deform their characters giving rise to greed, hatred and delusion. Whoever perceives the illusions and falsity of multiplicity without denying their illusive existences perfect the human character. Loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity are manifest. All human beings are, in actuality, innately virtuous. By redeeming oneself to the Origin, one’s original perfect ethical goodness is redeemed. This is the enterprise of all esoteric religions, such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, Hinduism or Upaniṣads, Christianity and Islam. Esoteric religions harmonize the human beings and redeem their original perfections. |
