Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhism

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Buddhist philosophical school
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mahayana_Buddhism
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Yogācāra_philosophers
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:Sautrāntika_school
gptkb:Vaibhāṣika_school
gptkb:Yogācāra_school
gptkbp:flourishedDuring 2nd century CE
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Nāgārjuna
gptkbp:goal liberation from suffering
realization of emptiness
gptkbp:hasConcept gptkb:two_truths_doctrine
dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:East_Asian_Buddhism
gptkb:Gelug_school
gptkb:Nyingma_school
gptkb:Sakya_school
gptkb:Sanlun_school
Tibetan Buddhism
gptkbp:keyFigure gptkb:Chandrakirti
gptkb:Shantideva
gptkb:Bhāviveka
gptkb:Buddhapālita
gptkb:Nāgārjuna
gptkbp:mainLine gptkb:Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
gptkbp:opposedBy nihilism
eternalism
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:India
gptkbp:philosophicalMethod autonomous syllogism (svatantra)
reductio ad absurdum (prasaṅga)
gptkbp:relatedConcept non-duality
conventional truth
middle way
ultimate truth
gptkbp:spreadTo gptkb:China
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Korea
gptkb:Tibet
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:East_Asian_Buddhist_monasteries
gptkb:Tibetan_monastic_universities
gptkbp:subspecies gptkb:Prāsaṅgika
gptkb:Svātantrika
gptkbp:supportsLanguage gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Tibetan
gptkbp:teaches emptiness (śūnyatā)
all phenomena are empty of inherent existence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nagarjuna
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4