Nothing is real?

Background: I met a friend, who seems to be new into Buddhism. I do not know where she learned about Buddhism, but there is one particular statement or perhaps questions she made that prompted my response.
Quote: “I wonder if nothing is real and everything is an illusion, what is the point of living? Why do [...]

Prompted & Unprompted

Recently, I had a little chat with another Buddhist regarding Abhidhamma. It is related with the word: “ansankharika” (Pali), the proper translation is to be “Unprompted” or “not-instigated”.
A little background to the usage of this term in Abhidhamma:
Within Abhidhamma, consciousness (cita in Pali) is being classified into various groups. The total numbers of consciousness is [...]