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(
c.
150–250)
. The founder of the
M
dhyamaka
school of Buddhism and author of the
M
la-M
dhyamaka-K
rik
and other important works. As a philosopher he has few equals in the history of Buddhism, yet the details of his life are obscure and surrounded by mythological accretions.
He is regarded by many Buddhists of the
Mah
y
na
tradition as a ‘Second Buddha’, and his philosophy of emptiness (
nyat
) was of enduring significance for later Buddhist thought.
N
g
rjuna reached this position through a dialectic of oppositions. The initiating recognition of
an
tman
(no Self in the human appearance) still left an awareness that the human appearance sustains activities with characteristic natures (
dharma
natures). N