Questions tagged [mulamadhyamakakarika]
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Which translation of Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 25:19-20 is mentioned in Wikipedia?
Wikipedia mentions the following translation of Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 25:19-20 without mentioning a source:
There is nothing whatsoever of samsara distinguishing (it) from nirvana.
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Nagarjuna and the emptiness of the Dharma
Once Nagarjuna has demonstrated the emptiness of all exaggerated existential positions, including the existence of the Dharma and the Buddha's doctrine, how does he then affirm the validity of the ...
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How to reconcile emptiness with dependent origination?
Already in the dedicatory verses of the MMK, Nagarjuna tells us that there is no origination or cessation of any kind. There is no arising whatsoever. I understand that this absence of arisen things ...
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Dedicatory verse of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā?
I am writing an essay on SN 12.15 (interested folks can read the first draft here; using a new laptop & don't know how to format the Word document to fit the PDF conversion) and was heaping praise ...
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What are four types of authoritative cognition according to Chandrakirti?
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Therefore we assert that mundane objects are known through the four kinds of authoritative cognition. They are mutually dependent: when there is authoritative cognition, there are ...
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Where are 70 verses attributed to Nagarjuna from?
Where are the 70 verses of Nagarjuna from? Is it from Mulamukhyamakakarika or elsewhere? Is it a reconstruction of other works or original?
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What did Vasubandhu and Asanga say regarding Nagarjunacharya?
Given that Vasubandhu and Asanga came after Nagarjunacharya, who was a proponent of a major Buddhist school with a different philosophy. Did they or thier students like Dignaga say anything about ...
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How is Nagarjunas 'Shunyata' different from Buddhas 'Anatta'?
I am studying Nagarjuna's work online and from the commentaries understand that in the Madhyamika Nagarjuna describe 'Shunayata' as
all phenomena are conditional and empty of any self essence
I am ...
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Does reality exist?
Does reality exist? Carlo Rovelli (a famous theoretical physicist) doesn't think so and he cites Nagarjuna as believing the same:
Rovelli has a different idea. He says reality doesn’t exist. The
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What translation variants exist of Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 25:19-20?
The verses in question are from Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā chapter 25 on an examination of nirvana.
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 25:19–20
न संसारस्य निर्वाणात् किं चिद् अस्ति विशेषणं
na saṁsārasya ...
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Sourcing a prajñāpāramitā statement
In the Madhyamakaśāstra, Venerable Vimalākṣa quotes the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra:
菩薩有我亦非行無我亦非行
"If the bodhisatva has a self, he cannot act. With no self too, he cannot act."
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