Sanron school

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The Sanron school is a historical Japanese Buddhist tradition rooted in the Chinese Sanlun (Three Treatises) Madhyamaka philosophy, emphasizing the doctrine of emptiness and the middle way.

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Sanron school canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese Buddhist school
Madhyamaka tradition
associatedWith Japanese Nara schools of Buddhism
basedOn Madhyamaka philosophy
linked to: Madhyamaka

Three Treatises
coreDoctrine emptiness of all dharmas
middle path between eternalism and nihilism
two truths theory
countryOfOrigin Japan
emphasizes doctrine of emptiness
middle way
follows Nāgārjuna’s Madhyamaka
linked to: Madhyamaka

Three Treatise tradition
hasOriginIn Chinese Buddhism
Sanlun school
historicalPeriod classical Japanese Buddhism
historicalRegion Nara Japan
linked to: Nara
influencedBy Chinese Madhyamaka
linked to: Madhyamaka

Nāgārjuna
linked to: Nagarjuna

Sanlun school
languageOfScripture Classical Chinese
partOf Mahāyāna Buddhism
linked to: Mahayana
philosophicalFocus analysis of views and concepts
critical dialectic
religion Buddhism
status historical tradition
teaches non-substantiality of phenomena
rejection of fixed views
traditionType scholastic Buddhism
usesText Dvādaśanikāya-śāstra
Madhyamaka-śāstra
Śata-śāstra

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Japanese Buddhism hasComponent Sanron school
Jōjitsu school relatedTo Sanron school