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ultimate truths
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absence of inherent existence
nominal positing.
and conventional
Skillful persons possessing subtle, wise, and very vast intelligence,
those renowned as Madhyamikas, knowing how to do such, settle through
their skill in the techniques for realizing the two truths such a
presentation of the two truths without even a scent of contradiction,
never mind actually having contradiction. They have found the finality,
the root, of the Conqueror's thought, the meaning of the two truths
exactly as it is. In dependence on that, they generate wonderful respect
viewing the teacher who teaches such and that teaching as very amazing;
鈥� with pure speech and words without flattery or falseness, powerlessly
induced from having generated [that wonderful respect] they raise up
their necks and proclaim again and again with great voice to other
fortunate persons, 鈥淟isten, O Knowledgeable Ones, the meaning of
emptiness, that is to say, of things' emptiness of inherent existence, is a
meaning manifesting in the context of dependent-arising, the relationship
of cause and effect. It does not mean that things do not exist at all in
the sense of things being empty of, devoid of, all capacity to perform
the functions of cause and effect."52
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While proving the feasibility of cyclic existence and nirv膩峁嘺 even
though there is no inherent existence, the Madhyamikas assert that it has
seven parts.
(1) Although there is no inherent existence, cyclic existence and nirv膩峁嘺
suitable.
(2) Not only are cyclic existence and nirv膩峁嘺 suitable within
non-inherent existence, but also, if there were inherent existence, cyclic
existence and nirv膩峁嘺 would not be suitable.
(3) The suitability of the twelve links of dependent-arising and so forth
within that emptiness of inherent existence.
The forward process is that from ignorance comes actions and so forth;
the reverse process is that through stopping ignorance, actions are
52 Elizabeth Napper, Dependent-Arising and Emptiness, p.326.
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