Surpassing the perceptions of the sense faculties is ultimate truth. The true reality of the world and of the self is ultimate truth.

超越五种感官的结论，则叫胜义谛。胜义谛是真正的世界，真正的自我。

Are the appearances in the world the true reality? Is there nothing beyond what we perceive with the eye, ear, nose, tongue, and body?

We may not believe in the existence of God, a creator of all things, but we must believe in the existence of something profound and mysterious. The world is not what we see and think. The information we receive from the five sense faculties is incorrect; what we get is merely sets of illusion. Nevertheless, we still cling to our perceptions and believe they exist. In Buddhism, the term we use is attachment.

当然不是。我们可以不相信万能神、造物主的存在，但是我们必须相信，甚深、神秘的东西是存在的。世界并不是我们眼睛所看到，思维所想象的那个样子。因为，我们的五种感官传递给我们的信息并不是准确的，仅仅只是一系列的幻觉而已。虽然如此，但我们依然去执著、相信它的存在。对此，佛教称之为执著。

Fundamental ignorance, which is produced from clarity, begins to develop and at some stage takes on its own view. This view is self-attachment. The process by which ignorance turns into self-attachment is likened to ripples becoming waves. In Buddhism, the source of all suffering is this attachment.