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How can the West ever hope to compete with Nagarjuna?

>> No.13524525

i love how philosophers always fantasizes their papanca as skillful. YOU JUST KNOW those people are worthless.

>> No.13524532

>>13524419
whaddya mean? lots of people here are smokin' it

>> No.13524538

>>13524419
They can't.

>> No.13524539

>>13524419
>implying Nagarjuna's supposed excellent philosophy is not a result of pride, and the dedicated study of this mortal philosopher is not also the result of pride
There's only one philosopher worth reading anon. God, in the flesh, as Jesus.

>> No.13524540

>>13524419
read the bible and pray for forgiveness for this dreadful thread and your ineffable orientalism you spastic

>> No.13524542

>>13524539
holy mother of BASED

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>>13524525
>conceptual understanding is bad, dude, just pay attention to your breath, that will reveal the ultimate truth to you

>> No.13524772

>>13524419
>Nagarjuna
who the fuck is this?

>> No.13524782

>>13524772
some indian retard who says you don't exist and are empty

what a shitload of cockamamie bullfuck

>> No.13524790

>>13524419
>How can the West ever hope to compete with Nagarjuna?
One punch at a time, slit-eye.

>> No.13524902

>>13524525
Hinayanian begone

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>>13524419
Nagarjuna's logic was utterly destroyed by some literally who college professor (pic related). There is no competition.

/thread

>> No.13525921

>>13524419
what is the buddhist equivalent of Eckhart, Ibn Arabi & Shankara, is it Nagarjuna?

>> No.13525926

>>13525921
Dolpopa is closer to Shankara than Nagarjuna

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>>13524419
Based

>> No.13525938

>>13524539
>YOURE ONLY ALLOWED TO READ THIS JEWISH MAN
Typical Christcuckoldry

>> No.13525939

>>13525926
i am not so concerned with doctrinal similarity moreso with stature but thanks anyway

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>>13524419
redpill me on Nagarjuna

Do the Advaitafag fear him?

>> No.13525990

>>13525969
No, Nagarjuna had no idea what the fuck Advaita was and doesn't reference the Upanishads or Vedantic teachings in any of his works, he mainly concerns himself with refuting opposing sects of Buddhism and with certain types of Hindu thought like Nyaya.

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Who is the Theravadan equivalent of Nagarjuna?

>> No.13526136 [DELETED] 

>>13526114
they have none but it's okay because Nagarjuna does not contradict a single word of the Pali Canon and any portrayal of him on the side of any Theravadins is sectarian nonsense.
Mahayana has a lot of revisionist shit, but Nagarjuna is not that.
Many open minded Theravadins appreciate Nagarjuna anyways

>> No.13526144

>>13526114
they have none but it's okay because Nagarjuna does not contradict a single word of the Pali Canon and any portrayal of him as being heretical by any Theravadins is sectarian nonsense.
Mahayana has a lot of revisionist shit, but Nagarjuna is not that.
Many open minded Theravadins appreciate Nagarjuna anyways

>> No.13526150

>>13525969
Anyone with wrong view fears Nagarjuna. This includes (perhaps especially so, since they were the intended audience of his primary works) many Buddhists.
Read him if you want to refine your view and avoid both nihilism and eternalism.

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>>13524782
>some indian retard who says you don't exist

>Those whose mind has transcended
>Existence and non-existence and abides no more [in them],
>They’ve realized the meaning of conditioned existence,
>The profound absence of objectification.
- Sixty Stanzas of Reasoning, Verse 1

>To say “it is” is to grasp for permanence.
>To say “it is not” is to adopt the view of nihilism.
>Therefore a wise person
>Does not say “exists” or “does not exist.”
- Mulamadhyamakakarika

>> No.13526189

>>13524525
Papanca can be skillful though
this is why it is important to read about Nirvana and get some grasp of what it entails conceptually, even though it can only ever be understood Ultimately and truly through direct realization.
The Suttas are not just meditation instruction manuals. There is a lot more to them than that.

>> No.13527030

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