Since the contemplation for the last couple of days has been about causes and conditions, I decided to work with an example that the Khenpo uses in the book. To explain dependently arisen mere appearances, he says:
The best example to help us understand what this means is the moon that appears on the surface of a pool of water. When all the conditions of a full moon, a cloud-free sky, a clear lake, and a perceiver come together, a moon will vividly appear on the water's surface, but if just one condition is absent, it will not.
How is my experience any different from a water moon? How am I any different from a water moon?
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