niḥsvabhāva

Sanskrit Adjective

niḥsvabhāva

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निःस्वभाव

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Basic Meaning

Lacking inherent existence.

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Does a Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment of Yes and No. Answer! But Not in Words or Signs! A Response to Mark Siderits

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Siderits argues that Nāgārjuna is not committed to the paradoxical claim that emptiness is the lack of intrinsic nature and that it is the intrinsic nature of all things, on the ground that the apparently paradoxical claims Nāgārjuna makes are simply admonitions to recuse oneself from the project of ontology. We argue that to recuse oneself from that project is to do ontology and so is no route out of paradox. We dispute Siderits' reading of several crucial passages, demonstrating that his readings are unattested in the commentarial literature and that they are implausible. Siderits argues on the basis of these readings that Candrakīrti and Nāgārjuna are not committed to paradoxes. We show that more plausible readings that are better attested in the commentarial literature do so commit them. Siderits and we agree that the ultimate nature of reality is to lack any ultimate nature. He thinks that this is consistent; we think that it is paradoxical.

Deguchi, Yasuo, Jay L. Garfield, and Graham Priest. "Does a Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment of Yes and No. Answer! But Not in Words or Signs! A Response to Mark Siderits." Philosophy East and West 63, no. 3 (2013): 387–98.

Deguchi, Yasuo, Jay L. Garfield, and Graham Priest. "Does a Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment of Yes and No. Answer! But Not in Words or Signs! A Response to Mark Siderits." Philosophy East and West 63, no. 3 (2013): 387–98.;Does a Table Have Buddha-Nature? A Moment of Yes and No. Answer! But Not in Words or Signs! A Response to Mark Siderits;Buddha-nature of insentient things;Nāgārjuna;śūnyatā;niḥsvabhāva;Yasuo Deguchi; Jay L. Garfield;Graham Priest

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Yaroslav Komarovski: On Shakya Chokden's Understanding of Madhyamaka

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Komarovski, Yaroslav. "On Shakya Chokden's Understanding of Madhyamaka." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, October 30, 2021. Video, 5:37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL_6wAXWaAM.

Komarovski, Yaroslav. "On Shakya Chokden's Understanding of Madhyamaka." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, October 30, 2021. Video, 5:37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL_6wAXWaAM.

Komarovski, Yaroslav. "On Shakya Chokden's Understanding of Madhyamaka." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, October 30, 2021. Video, 5:37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL_6wAXWaAM.;Yaroslav Komarovski: On Shakya Chokden's Understanding of Madhyamaka;Madhyamaka;niḥsvabhāva;ShAkya mchog ldan;Yogācāra;Yaroslav Komarovski: On Shakya Chokden's Understanding of Madhyamaka

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Term Variations
Key Term	niḥsvabhāva
Topic Variation	niḥsvabhāva
Tibetan	{{#arraymap: ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་མེད་པ་ |, |@@@ |@@@ |,  }}
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	{{#arraymap:ngo bo nyid med pa |, |@@@ |@@@ |,  }}
Devanagari Sanskrit	निःस्वभाव
Romanized Sanskrit	niḥsvabhāva
Buddha-nature Site Standard English	{{#arraymap:lacking intrinsic nature|,|@@@|@@@|, }}
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term	{{#arraymap:lack of nature|,|@@@|@@@|, }}
Richard Barron's English Term	{{#arraymap:absence of independent nature|,|@@@|@@@|, }}
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	{{#arraymap:non-nature|,|@@@|@@@|, }}
Ives Waldo's English Term	{{#arraymap:entitynessless|,|@@@|@@@|, }}
Term Information
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	Lacking inherent existence.
Term Type	Adjective
Definitions
Synonyms	rang bzhin med pa