Madhyamaka and Prajnaparamita Flashcards
what is the heart sutra
belongs to Mahayana buddhists and includes ‘8000 lines if perfection of wisdom’ the central concept is Sunyata.
who is the heart sutra about
it describes the experiences of liberation of the bodhisattva Avolikitesvara.
where did the doctrine of emptiness receive its fullest elaboration
Nagarjuna
what is Sunyata
emptiness, it is impossible to discover the eternal “I” thus there is emptiness. each phenomenon lacks an inherent nature so are all said to share Sunyata.
in early Buddhist what was Sunyata primarily used in relation with
the doctrine of Anatta
how many kinds of emptiness are recognised
20, even the emptiness of emptiness.
what does Madhyamika mean
the middle position, it teaches the middle way between Nihilism and externalism.
what does Nagarjuna say of Own being
for something to have own being it must not rely or depend on anything else. but everything does rely on something so they are all empty of own being.
what does Thich Nhat say
instead of sunyata he calls it inter being “if the cloud is no there, the sheet of paper is not here.”
what are the two truth
the absolute truth and the conventional truth
what is the absolute truth
non dualistic awareness that sees everything as is
what is conventional truth
truths that are obvious and apparent
nargajuna and samsara
samsara is identical to nirvana, both are constructed concepts
nargajuna and the two truths
no distinction, without sunyata cannot define a chair as not wood for example.
how is samsara and nirvana the same
the only difference between the two is how we process an experience. they are one reality but through different perceptions. one with grasping and desire one without.
