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Nagarjuna's Middle Way

Nagarjuna · c. 2nd century CE

The dazzling logic of emptiness.

Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way.

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Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way.

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    Mulamadhyamakakarika 24.18

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    Whatever arises dependently, that is what we call emptiness. It is a dependent designation, and it is itself the middle way.
    Paraphrase of Nagarjunaemptinessdependencemiddle waymetaphysics

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