A. Discovering magnificence can be discovering an phantasm. After we search for magnificence, what does magnificence imply? The usual of magnificence varies relying on particular person views and tradition. It modifications with time even in the identical tradition. In brief, magnificence is an imaginary idea, not a concrete factor, which is known as an phantasm in Buddhism. Nonetheless, Buddhism doesn’t discourage us from pursuing magnificence however encourages us to grasp one thing known as the true-Self that’s past magnificence, whereas pursuing magnificence.
Scholar: “What’s it that’s past magnificence?”
Grasp: “It’s past ugliness.”
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