I have been following this discussion and reading the posts, and am still struggling to form a framework of understanding, so I’m going to share again my thought process to get your input. Also, I’m resorting to abhidhamma (a modicum of abhidhamma I could glean from the site) to think about these concepts. Further up above, Sir Lal did say that it was not necessary to resort to abhidhamma terms, but without them I don’t have anything to stand on at this moment.@Saurabh@2110
“..does that mean that we are kind of living in virtual reality like as in game..”
@Lal
“Yes. That is the ultimate truth (‘paramattha sacca‘ where ‘sacca’ is pronounced ‘sachcha’)…”
“…it is not easy for many to even consider the fact that ‘paramattha sacca‘ could be true!”
I have always understood ‘paramattha sacca‘ to mean the 4 “ultimate realities”: rūpa, citta, cetasika, nibbāna.
Take colors, as the example frequently mentioned; they are the product of sensory processing (citta vithi). In this sense, saying that they are mind-made is obvious. It’s equally true to say that they are “ultimate realities,” i.e., they come from cittā.
On this part, it’s not difficult to understand that “paramattha sacca could be true!”
For me, what’s truly difficult is to understand (ditthi) and perceive (saññā) that they are anicca, dukkha, anatta.
Best,
Lang
