The World's Greatest Illusionist

Illusion is false and unreal, and it also represents wondrous transformations.

In Taoism, the opposition between illusion and truth lies at the heart of its teachings. Illusion is not simply falsehood, but something that appears temporarily through causes and conditions, constantly changing and without any fixed nature.

In Buddhism and Taoism, illusion arises from conditions and is empty of inherent existence. All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows, like dew or lightning.

An illusionist is a special practitioner who commands illusion, wielding supernatural powers through it, influencing heaven and earth through it, and surveying heaven and earth through it.

An illusionist... like a dream, like an illusion!