I say "viewpoint" but must be clear what it means. Buddha's
viewpoint is not the same as sentient being's kind of viewpoint.
Sentient being's viewpoint lies under the catergory of "mental
perceptions", and because of that there is always a "me", "you",
"mine", etc. Buddha's "viewpoint" is what some people call Pure
Vision - seeing all as Buddha Nature, manifestations of Buddha
Nature. When we attain this kind of Pure Vision, the world we live
in is not different from Pure Land.
Rather, Buddha's viewpoint IS REALITY. First of all when
enlightened, it is not someone who awakens or attains another
viewpoint. It is simply realising that "Scott" or "Joe" are just
dream characters. The dream character Scott or Joe didn't wake up.
Therefore there is no such thing as "Scott becomes an enlightened
person" or "Joe becomes an enlightened person". Buddha Nature is
already awakened, the true nature of who we are is already awake,
Buddha Nature is never asleep, only illusions fooling
illusions.
Is reality connected to dream character?
Well reality is reality, the dream character Scott and Joe is also
empty. The ground reality applies for all beings, there is no such
thing as "my version of reality" or "your version of reality", when
you wake up. The reality of Buddha applies to sentient beings too,
and we are in reality not separate. So seeing that we are not
separate, the Buddha feels compassionate for all of us and wants to
wake us up, to realise that what we think we know, and all the
sufferings, is in fact fictitious.
