Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon c21.s2.22

c21.s2.22

In any case, however, the precise solution of the metaphysical question is not of prime importance for a doctrine of salvation, as the Mahāyāna is as emphatically as the Hīnayāna; the essential thing is to concentrate on the triple meditation which purifies the thought, and tears away the veil of illusion. It is essential to recognize that the self or the external world is a mere imagination; to realize instead the fundamental truth of thought without any characteristic whatever: and to abstain from any desire with regard to this transcendent reality.