| The question of whether there is an external physical reality independent of sentient beings' consciousness and mind has been extensively discussed by Buddhist thinkers. Naturally, there are divergent views on this issue among the various philosophical schools of thought. One such school asserts that there is no external reality, not even external objects, and that the material world we perceive is in essence merely a projection of our minds. From many points of view, this conclusion is rather extreme. Philosophically, and for that matter conceptually, it seems more coherent to maintain a position that accepts the reality not only of the subjective world of the mind but also of the external objects of the physical world. | |||
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| Bstan-'dsin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV |
"The Buddhist Concept of Mind" MindScience: An East-West Dialog Wisdom Books, 1994 |
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| Symposium held by the Harvard Medical School and Tibet House. | |||
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