Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon c20.s2.24

c20.s2.24

Illusion absolute or illusion relative, the world has an enormous importance for the Madhyamaka and for the Mahāyāna generally; whatever it be in ultimate analysis, it must be practically treated as if it were real, and the narrow conception of an individual struggle for release gives place to a grandiose conception of efforts to bring salvation to the world and an elaborate theology worthy to rival the best products of Indian sectarian belief.