84000 Glossary of Terms

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དབུ་མ། | Glossary of Terms

  • དབུ་མ།

  • dbu ma
  • madhyamaka
  • Term
Publications: 2
  • Madhyamaka
  • དབུ་མ།
  • dbu ma
  • madhyamaka AD
Definition in this text:

Derived from the Sanskrit expression madhyamapratipad, meaning the “Middle Way” between the extremes of eternalism and nihilism, Madhyamaka is one of the most influential among the schools of Indian Buddhist philosophy since it emphasizes the deconstruction of all conceptual elaboration and the realization of emptiness. Various sub-schools evolved in India and Tibet, based on distinctions between relative and ultimate truth, the logical methodologies of reduction ad absurdum and syllogistic reasoning, and views concerning the nature of buddha attributes.

  • Madhyamaka
  • དབུ་མ།
  • dbu ma
  • madhyamaka
Definition in this text:

Teaching of the Middle Way.

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དབུ་མ་པ།

  • mādhyamika
  • Mādhyamika