Is Samsāra actually the Same as Nirvāṇa? A Critical Examination of Nāgārjuna’s Provocative Understanding of Emptiness

A recent trend in interpreting Nāgārjuna’s claim that samsāra is the same as nirvāṇa is to highlight the identity of dependent origination and emptiness in Nāgārjuna’s writings. Although this trend is correct in foregrounding the identity claim in this central Mahāyāna thinker’s philosophy, the comp...

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Main Author: Mason, G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: ASRSA 2014
In: Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 94-114
Further subjects:B nirvāṇa
B equivalence
B Ultimate Truth
B Identity Theory
B nihilistic
B samsāra
B two-truths
B sameness
B conventional knowledge
B Nāgārjuna
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