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If I have the idea of an "apple" or its taste,

  • is the idea as real as the apple itself?

Specifically

  • do the objects of the 6th consciousness depend on anything except the 6th consciousness?

In normal philosophical terms

  • does the idea depend on the mind having the idea, in order to exist?

I think these are all equivalent questionquestions, because causation is the conventional truth - ideas, the ultimate - no causation, and the middle - the buddha nature or mind-body.

If I have the idea of an "apple" or its taste,

  • is the idea as real as the apple itself?

Specifically

  • do the objects of the 6th consciousness depend on anything except the 6th consciousness?

In normal philosophical terms

  • does the idea depend on the mind having the idea, in order to exist?

I think these are all equivalent question, because causation is the conventional truth - ideas, the ultimate - no causation, and the middle - the buddha nature or mind-body.

If I have the idea of an "apple" or its taste,

  • is the idea as real as the apple itself?

Specifically

  • do the objects of the 6th consciousness depend on anything except the 6th consciousness?

In normal philosophical terms

  • does the idea depend on the mind having the idea, in order to exist?

I think these are all equivalent questions, because causation is the conventional truth - ideas, the ultimate - no causation, and the middle - the buddha nature or mind-body.

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If I have the idea of an "apple" or its taste, is that idea as real as the apple itself? Specifically, do the objects of the 6th consciousness depend on anything except the 6th consciousness?

  • is the idea as real as the apple itself?

Specifically

  • do the objects of the 6th consciousness depend on anything except the 6th consciousness?

In normal philosophical terms: does the idea depend on

  • does the idea depend on the mind having the idea, in order to exist?

I think these are all equivalent question, because causation is the mind havingconventional truth - ideas, the ideaultimate - no causation, in order to exist?and the middle - the buddha nature or mind-body.

If I have the idea of an "apple" or its taste, is that idea as real as the apple itself? Specifically, do the objects of the 6th consciousness depend on anything except the 6th consciousness?

In normal philosophical terms: does the idea depend on the mind having the idea, in order to exist?

If I have the idea of an "apple" or its taste,

  • is the idea as real as the apple itself?

Specifically

  • do the objects of the 6th consciousness depend on anything except the 6th consciousness?

In normal philosophical terms

  • does the idea depend on the mind having the idea, in order to exist?

I think these are all equivalent question, because causation is the conventional truth - ideas, the ultimate - no causation, and the middle - the buddha nature or mind-body.

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If I have the idea of an "apple" or its taste, is that idea as real as the apple itself? Specifically Specifically, do the objects of the 6th consciousness depend on anything except the 6th consciousness?

In normal philosophical terms: does the idea depend on the mind having the idea, in order to exist?

If I have the idea of an "apple" or its taste, is that idea as real as the apple itself? Specifically, does the idea depend on the mind having the idea, in order to exist?

If I have the idea of an "apple" or its taste, is that idea as real as the apple itself? Specifically, do the objects of the 6th consciousness depend on anything except the 6th consciousness?

In normal philosophical terms: does the idea depend on the mind having the idea, in order to exist?

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