I don't now, Arun--call me spiritually lacking and logically challenged,
but...
I've always considered these ruminations of this great man, The Bhudda,
somewhat *elusive*. If ALL is illusion, NOTHING real, why not get on
w/things since the *real/illusion* dichotomy is illusory and one that
doesn't exist, either.
In the West, near the same time, we have Heraclitus saying, *You can't put
your foot into the SAME river twice* (becoming [aka *Nothing* IS) and we
have Parmenides saying *Being is, Non-being is not and cannot be thought.*
Now, for my ilk, we need mystery to unravel these logical impasses.
Consequently, I consider such:
*Three is the first number, since one cannot be thought of absent from
another and the two can be considered at once to be three-in-one.*
Therefore, we're back to your trinity which is the arational way out of
this conundrum of the Bhudda--ergo, St. Paul and the concept of
Parousia--*The Fullness of Time*, when all Things will be subjected to The
One and reintegrated into wholeness, q.e.d.... ;-} rap.
VoxDeis@aol.com wrote:
> tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de writes:
>
> > A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act
> > as
> > if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. --Buddha (B.C. 568-488)
>
> Unless...Unless...that illusion creates wonderful and fulfilling feelings
> and outcomes one desires...just a thought about how we might want to see
> ourselves and the world...CHOICE
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