梦者之真实，醒者之幻相
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The Significance of Buddhist Philosophy Today
The Mind Only tradition is relatively more important in Chinese Buddhism. When Xuanzang went to India to seek the Dharma, he spent most of his time studying at Nalanda University, the highest Buddhist institute of learning in India at the time. Courses were offered in Mind Only, Middle Way, and tantra. Xuanzang’s teacher was an accomplished master of the Mind Only school. As a result, Xuanzang received more of his training in the Mind Only tradition, and mainly propagated this school of thought upon returning to China.
汉传佛教比较重视唯识宗。当年唐玄奘到印度求学的时候，虽然他求学的大多数时间，是在当时印度最顶级的佛教大学——那烂陀寺度过的。那烂陀寺也开设了唯识、中观甚至密法的课程。但因为他依止的师父，是一个唯识宗的高僧。所以他学的较多的理论是唯识宗。回国以后，他着力弘扬的法门也多半是唯识。
Although some of the views of the Mind Only school are similar to the idealists, the underlying concepts in Buddhism and the idealist school are not the same. If I must select a comparable name for Buddhism, it is “illusionist.”
虽然佛教唯识宗的某些观点，与唯心主义比较相似，但不能就此将佛教与唯心主义画上等号。如果必须给佛教起一个类似的名字，我个人认为，比较合适的应该是“唯幻论”。
Understanding Illusion
三、如何理解唯幻
Firstly, Buddhism teaches two types of truth — relative truth and ultimate truth. The word “truth” is used in both cases to indicate they are both real.
首先，佛教认为，我们的现实生活，可以分为两种层次：世俗谛与胜义谛。两种层次的后面，都缀有一个“谛”字，以表示真实。
What is real? As an example, all the appearances in a dream are not real to a person who is awake; however, they are very real to a person in the midst of a dream, just as the experiences in life are very real to a person during the day. Similarly, a practitioner and a non-practitioner see this world differently. However, each thinks the world he or she lives in is real.
什么样是真实呢？比如说，梦中的所有现象，对醒者来说都是虚假的，但对正在做梦的人来说，却是非常真实的，与白天现实生活的感受完全一样。同样，有修行的人和没有修行的人看这个世界，层次也不一样。但在各自的时空当中，却都是真实的。
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