When did the Buddha ever say the world was Maya? I've never come across the Buddha saying such in the suttas and from my understanding the Buddha wouldn't say such a thing. The concept of Maya is that all the changing phenomena of the world is an illusion and behind it all is brahma, the Atman or Atta, the unchanging ground of being that is our true self and the Buddha teaches anatta or anatman so maya is hindu not buddhist (as far as I know).SarathW wrote:Hi Daverupadaverupa wrote:Suffering does exist; the world is not an illusion, but it is empty.SN 22.95 wrote:Form is like a glob of foam; feeling, a bubble; perception, a mirage; fabrications, a banana tree; consciousness, a magic trick — this has been taught by the Kinsman of the Sun. However you observe them, appropriately examine them, they're empty, void to whoever sees them appropriately.
Thanks for the link. The pali word "Maya" means magic trick. However it is translate to english as illusion. The world mean the five aggregate in Buddhism. So Buddha said consiousness is an illusion!
Hence world should be an illusion too!
Dukkha (Suffering) also refered to five aggregate. So Dukkha cant be real!
Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
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Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
"I don't envision a single thing that, when developed & cultivated, leads to such great benefit as the mind. The mind, when developed & cultivated, leads to great benefit."
"I don't envision a single thing that, when undeveloped & uncultivated, brings about such suffering & stress as the mind. The mind, when undeveloped & uncultivated, brings about suffering & stress."
"I don't envision a single thing that, when undeveloped & uncultivated, brings about such suffering & stress as the mind. The mind, when undeveloped & uncultivated, brings about suffering & stress."
Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
Hi Polar
Thanks. Please read the following link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(illusion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
What do you think about the follwoing in relation to my question:
the Buddha is not affected one way or the other by the illusion. Beyond conceptuality, the Buddha is neither attached nor non-attached. This is the middle way of Buddhism, which explicitly refutes the extremes of both eternalism and nihilism.
Thanks. Please read the following link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(illusion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
What do you think about the follwoing in relation to my question:
the Buddha is not affected one way or the other by the illusion. Beyond conceptuality, the Buddha is neither attached nor non-attached. This is the middle way of Buddhism, which explicitly refutes the extremes of both eternalism and nihilism.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
The Buddha in the suttas does not say that the world is an illusion.SarathW wrote:Hi Polar
Thanks. Please read the following link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(illusion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
What do you think about the follwoing in relation to my question:
the Buddha is not affected one way or the other by the illusion. Beyond conceptuality, the Buddha is neither attached nor non-attached. This is the middle way of Buddhism, which explicitly refutes the extremes of both eternalism and nihilism.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
Hi Tilt
Do you know the pali word use in Sutta for "Magic Trick"?
Do you know the pali word use in Sutta for "Magic Trick"?
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
The Blessed One said, "What is the All? Simply the eye & forms, ear & sounds, nose & aromas, tongue & flavors, body & tactile sensations, intellect & ideas. This, monks, is called the All.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
From ignorance as a requisite condition come fabrications. From fabrications as a requisite condition comes consciousness. ...
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Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
ground wrote:The Blessed One said, "What is the All? Simply the eye & forms, ear & sounds, nose & aromas, tongue & flavors, body & tactile sensations, intellect & ideas. This, monks, is called the All.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;From ignorance as a requisite condition come fabrications. From fabrications as a requisite condition comes consciousness. ...
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Metta,
Retro.
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Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
Why do people (particularly the Mahayana) identify the world as illusory to begin with? What are they experiencing, or what insight are they having? If they're in error, why do they make this error?
"What holds attention determines action." - William James
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I am not sure that Mahayana sees the world as illusion. It is like an illusion, which is different than being an illusion. In the Prajnaparamita Sutras, other than in a few poetic bits, it is stated that it is like an illusion.Viscid wrote:Why do people (particularly the Mahayana) identify the world as illusory to begin with? What are they experiencing, or what insight are they having? If they're in error, why do they make this error?
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
Ah, okay. I suppose it's 'illusory' in the sense that our experience of the world is distorted, and we're varyingly ignorant of what's actually true of it.. but being 'illusory' doesn't necessarily mean the world is 'unreal' as being an 'illusion' would imply.tiltbillings wrote:I am not sure that Mahayana sees the world as illusion. It is like an illusion, which is different than being an illusion. In the Prajnaparamita Sutras, other than in a few poetic bits, it is stated that it is like an illusion.Viscid wrote:Why do people (particularly the Mahayana) identify the world as illusory to begin with? What are they experiencing, or what insight are they having? If they're in error, why do they make this error?
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Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
Buddha said that all phenomenas are conditioned.
Sabbe dhamma anatta
We are not concurents...
I'am sorry for my english
We are not concurents...
I'am sorry for my english
Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
That's the way I understand it. What is or isn't "real" is not, it seems to me, the issue. Seeing though those distortions is the issue.Viscid wrote: Ah, okay. I suppose it's 'illusory' in the sense that our experience of the world is distorted, and we're varyingly ignorant of what's actually true of the world.. but being 'illusory' doesn't necessarily mean the world is 'unreal' as being an 'illusion' would imply.
Yes, our (distorted) perceptions (experiences above) are conditioned phenomena...DAWN wrote:Buddha said that all phenomenas are conditioned.
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Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
I hope you don't mind me replying your question.SarathW wrote:Hi Tilt
Do you know the pali word use in Sutta for "Magic Trick"?
The Pali phrase used for "consciousness, a magic trick" in the following sutta is Māyūpamañca viññāṇaṃ. So, it's close to Maya
It's translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu:Idamavoca bhagavā. Idaṃ vatvāna sugato athāparaṃ etadavoca satthā –
‘‘Pheṇapiṇḍūpamaṃ rūpaṃ, vedanā bubbuḷūpamā [bubbulūpamā (sī.), pubbuḷopamā (ka.)];
Marīcikūpamā saññā, saṅkhārā kadalūpamā;
Māyūpamañca viññāṇaṃ, desitādiccabandhunā.
‘‘Yathā yathā nijjhāyati, yoniso upaparikkhati;
Rittakaṃ tucchakaṃ hoti, yo naṃ passati yoniso.
http://tipitaka.org/romn/cscd/s0303m.mul0.xml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further:
Form is like a glob of foam;
feeling, a bubble;
perception, a mirage;
fabrications, a banana tree;
consciousness, a magic trick —
this has been taught
by the Kinsman of the Sun.
However you observe them,
appropriately examine them,
they're empty, void
to whoever sees them
appropriately.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
In terms of the OP, you missed the most important word in thewhole if the quote: like.SamKR wrote: Form is like a glob of foam . . . .
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
Of course, form is not a glob of foam, it's like a glob of foam.tiltbillings wrote:In terms of the OP, you missed the most important word in thewhole if the quote: like.SamKR wrote: Form is like a glob of foam . . . .
feeling is like a bubble
perception is like a mirage
fabrications are like a banana tree
consciousness is like a magic trick
So, as for the OP, the answer would be, in my opinion: The Buddha said: The world (consciousness) is [like a] magic trick.
And, a magic trick is/creates illusion(s). One of the meanings of Maya is illusion. In my native language Maya , besides illusion, also means love.
Ignorance (Avijja) is close to Maya (illusion) or Moha in the sense that because of avijjā there is Maya (illusion/magic trick). So, avijjā paccaya Saṅkhāra and viññāṇa makes sense.
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Re: Did Buddha say “The world is but an illusion?
I do not know what the background of SarathW is. In (some forms of) Hinduism the world is Maya which points to an ultimate, truly true true reality atman/brahman, which is, of course, not the teachings ofthe Buddha.SamKR wrote: One of the meanings of Maya is illusion.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723