These days Theravada Buddhist Bikkhus too sometimes talk about a reality. However, it is different from the 'Reality' in Western Science and in Western Knowledge system.The Jeudo Christian Chinthanaya is based on the notion that there is an Objective Reality (this comes from the idea of an abstract God, independent of the world, in the Jewish culture).
This is where the terms 'objective' and 'subjective' come from in the English language. This Objective Reality, according to Jeudo Christian Chinthaya, exists independent of the five senses and the mind. Western Science is a quest to understand the Objective Reality. This is an Objective, Tangible, in other words Quantitative Reality. However, it is impossible to show that there is an Objective (Quantitative) reality without using the mind, thus showing that there is no Objective Reality.
The Reality that Theravada Buddhists sometimes talk about is a Qualitative Reality. In early Buddhism, there was no mention about a reality but 'Sammuthi' and 'Paramartha'. Yet, Buddhists now talk about a reality and maybe its due to the influence of Jeudo Christian culture. However, this reality is not a Quantitative (objective) reality. Rather, it is a Qualitative reality. It is Anichcha, Dukkha and Anaththa. In essence, what this Qualitative Reality says is that there is no (objective) Reality. This Qualitative reality cannot be explained using words (concepts) or by using the mind (thinking). Instead, it is experienced by bhavana and ultimately liberating from the mind itself.
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