Unreality of the world: a further analogy

[Vidyasankar Sundaresan]

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Allan Curry wrote:

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> If illusory is equated with impermanence then I would find it difficult to
> argue that the world is not illusory. If illusory refers to the fact that
> our impression of the world is created by our minds, again I agree our
> representation of the world is fabricated. To some, the "illusory nature of
> the world" implies the non-existence of any extra-mental source of data
> which go into the making of our representation of the world. This is a
> much more difficult case to make and one that I am not convinced of.

You are in good company! SankarAcArya himself is not convinced about such
a proposition.

Vidyasankar