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**mGUuZRyA** · 05-08-2011, 10:33 PM

I have, but not as a Buddhist idea. As an expression of the mind not clinging, it is at best confusing and misleading. Non-clinging is not an alternate reality from a reality in which one clings to phenomena (i.e., "provisional/etc reality" vs. "Ultimate Reality"), it is the same reality and what has changed is our reaction. Very simple and no need to cloud the matter with vague terms.

The fact that non-buddhists use the term 'ultimate reality' to refer to something else doesn't have anything to do with how Buddhists use it. It is only misleading to the person who associates it with other meanings. the fact that I use water to satisfy my thirst is not influenced by the fact that others use water to bathe in.

05-08-2011, 10:33 PM	#29
mGUuZRyA Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 492 Senior Member	I have, but not as a Buddhist idea. As an expression of the mind not clinging, it is at best confusing and misleading. Non-clinging is not an alternate reality from a reality in which one clings to phenomena (i.e., "provisional/etc reality" vs. "Ultimate Reality"), it is the same reality and what has changed is our reaction. Very simple and no need to cloud the matter with vague terms. The fact that non-buddhists use the term 'ultimate reality' to refer to something else doesn't have anything to do with how Buddhists use it. It is only misleading to the person who associates it with other meanings. the fact that I use water to satisfy my thirst is not influenced by the fact that others use water to bathe in.
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