/lit/ - Literature

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>Here are Śaṅkarācārya's criticisms of Yogachara and Sarvastivada/Theravada where he explains in detail what is illogical about their ideas
they've already been refuted (pic), next

>he considered Madhyamaka to be below criticism as it doesn't offer sufficient proof of the unreality of everything, specifically he wrote "The third type of Buddhist doctrine that states that everything is void is contradicted by all means of right knowledge and thus requires no special refutation. This apparent world, whose existence is guaranteed by all means of knowledge, cannot be denied unless someone should discover some new truth (based on which he could impugn its existence) – for a general principle is proved by the absence of contrary instances."
You've already gone over this quote before and made an ass out of yourself but just to remind everyone else that madhyamaka's emptiness is grounded on pratītyasamutpāda (dependent origination) and can be found by realization (as shankara would put it, 'getting rid of avidya'). There is no need to derive supra knowledge outside of real knowledge to demonstrate the unreality of the world just like how you don't need to wear special goggles to see through a stage magicians tricks.

>Madhyamaka is mostly below criticism because it does not provide any clear proof of any truth whatsoever that would show everything is void
It is actually 'below criticism' because it was too similar to Advaita. Shankara either couldn't answer to it (due to the similarity) or was actually afraid of being found out. It is noteworthy that he actually parroted Vijnanavada talking points when it came to Madhyamaka (that it is nihilism etc) and couldn't offer anything substantial beyond that, supposedly you hail Shankara as this all refuting figure with a gigantic lingam yet whenever Madhyamaka is brought up he goes limp.

>but if you'd like I can go into more detail on what I consider to be illogical about Madhyamaka beyond just what he said about it as I'm quite familiar with its many holes.
go ahead lol, hoping you actually come up with something new for once.