¿Por qué el mādhyamaka no es una forma de nihilismo?: Comprender el abandono de la discusión de Nāgārjuna
Mādhyamaka or Middle Way, the reformulation of the Buddha’s teaching introduced by Nāgārjuna in the 2nd century, caused profound misunderstanadings in its reception context, and it still does among Western readers. The interpretation of its being another form of intellectually fruitless and ethicall...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Ílu
Year: 2024, Volume: 29, Pages: 25-37 |
| Further subjects: | B
mādhyamaka
B vía media B nihilismo B Budismo B Nāgārjuna |
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| Summary: | Mādhyamaka or Middle Way, the reformulation of the Buddha’s teaching introduced by Nāgārjuna in the 2nd century, caused profound misunderstanadings in its reception context, and it still does among Western readers. The interpretation of its being another form of intellectually fruitless and ethically irresponsable nihilism has always accompanied this demanding philosophy. We will try to answer this objection by resorting to some tools the Middle Way provides. In particular, we will understand what Nāgārjuna meant by abandoning philosophical discussion; we will clarify the self-image of being a practical, useful discourse despite not conceptually capturing the truth; we will explore the new relationship this way of reasoning establishes with mainstream philosophy; and we will review some of its current nihilist misreadings. As allies to clarify the words of the most famous mādhyamika, Nāgārjuna and Candrakīrti, we count on Jeffrey Hopkins, C.W. Huntington, Juan Arnau, Giuseppe Ferraro and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche among others. |
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| ISSN: | 1988-3269 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ílu
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5209/ilur.94173 |
