Monday, February 26, 2024

Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (中觀根本論)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C5%ABlamadhyamakak%C4%81rik%C4%81

https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E4%B8%AD%E8%AE%BA

The Mūlamadhyamakakārikā[1] (Devanagari: मूलमध्यमककारिका, lit.'Root Verses on the Middle Way'), abbreviated as MMK, is the foundational text of the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhist philosophy. It was composed by the Indian philosopher Nāgārjuna (around roughly 150 CE).[2]

The MMK makes use of reductio arguments to show how all phenomena (dharmas) are empty of svabhava (which has been variously translated as essence, own-being, or inherent existence).[2][3]The MMK is widely regarded as one of the most influential and widely studied texts in the history of Buddhist philosophy.[4] The MMK had a major impact on the subsequent development of Buddhist thought, especially in Tibetan Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism.[5]

中論》(梵語मूलमध्यमककारिका, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā藏文:dbgu ma rtsa ba'i shes rab),又譯為《中觀論》、《中論頌》、《中觀根本論》、《正觀論》,龍樹最重要的著作之一,為中觀派的根本論書之一。《中論》為大乘佛教重要理論著作,三論之一,漢傳佛教中的三論宗也以此書為根本典籍(即依「三論」立宗)。