Nagarjuna Quotes on Knowledge
Nagarjuna was a 2nd or 3rd-century AD Indian Mahayana Buddhist philosopher and the founder of the Madhyamaka or Middle Way school, regarded as one of the most important philosophers in the Indian Buddhist tradition. This page collects quotes attributed to Nagarjuna on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Nagarjuna:
“Whatever is dependently co-arisen, that is explained to be emptiness.”
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Attributed to Nagarjuna:
“Without dependence on conventional truth, the meaning of the ultimate cannot be taught.”
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Attributed to Nagarjuna:
“I bow down to the Buddha, the supreme teacher, who has taught dependent origination.”
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Attributed to Nagarjuna:
“If I had any thesis, that fault would apply to me; but I have no thesis at all.”
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Attributed to Nagarjuna:
“Emptiness wrongly grasped is like seizing a snake by the wrong end.”