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|Glossary-Term=Madhyamaka | |||
|Glossary-Definition=Madhyamaka (Sanskrit: Madhyamaka, Chinese: 中觀见; pinyin: Zhōngguān Jìan; also known as Śūnyavāda) refers primarily to the later schools of Buddhism philosophy[1] founded by Nagarjuna (150 CE to 250 CE). According to Madhyamaka all phenomena (dharmas) are empty (śūnya) of "nature,"[2] a "substance" or "essence" (svabhāva) which gives them "solid and independent existence,"[3] because they are dependently co-arisen. But this "emptiness" itself is also "empty": it does not have an existence on its own, nor does it refer to a transcendental reality beyond or above phenomenal reality. | |||
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