Commentary:
A wordling perceives the myriad things of the universe or the multiplicity of the empirical world in terms of dualistic view. He or she discriminates the objects of senses into dualistic entities. In other words, he or she makes distinction between self and other, the perceiver and the perceived, the subject and the object, the subject and predicate and the substance and the attribute. In short, the worldling perceives all objects substantially and dualistically, and reifies them as independent separate, substantial entities. This is incompatible with the Buddha’s teaching of Dependent Co-arising and Non-self or Insubstantiality. The worldlings are advised by the Buddha not to view things substantially as substantial view of ontology is erroneous. There is no Self, Soul nor intrinsic nature exiting in all things or phenomena. The Buddha advises the worldlings not to uphold the substantial view of dualism. As long as the view of dualism or discrimination persists, the mind is dissipated, dispersed and obsessed by the objects of senses. The view of duality is a False mind which perceives arising and ceasing. Non-duality or non-discrimination is the True Mind which perceives neither arising nor ceasing. Conceptualization or conceptual proliferation, rooted in ignorance or delusion, is a mind disease which destroys self-enlightenment. The view of non-duality permits one to enter into the Supreme way of Buddhahood- Nondualism or Unity.
To be continued ….
