Ultimately we need to realize the indivisibility of the two truths, but claiming that the relative refers to existence, while on the absolute level things do not exist, will never qualify as the view of the Middle Way. When we realize the one genuine nature of the correct relative, the two truths will merge inseparably, beyond the conceptual extremes of existing, not existing, permanence, and nothingness.
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From “An Instruction on the View of the Mahayana: Clarifying the Two Truths” by Patrul Rinpoche, translated by Adam Pearcey (www.lotsawahouse.org).
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