GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Philosophy (XH-C4) Video Course Lecture: Madhyamika School: Samvriti & Paramartha Satya (25 mins) | Lecture 18 of 301

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  • Classical Indian Philosophy » Buddhism

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  • Understanding the concept of Sunya: Denies only the apparent phenomena. It is neither real, nor unreal. Hence, indescribable.
  • Phenomenal world is called Svahava shunya: Conditional in nature
  • Noumena or the real is called Prapancha shunya: Unconditional in nature.
  • Nagarjuna says Buddha՚s teachings of dharma are based on 2 kinds of truth; Samvriti satya and Paramartha satya.
  • Understanding Samvriti satya
  • Understanding Paramartha satya
  • Nirvana is attainment of unity with the transcendental reality. It is described in a series of Negatives
  • Shunya thus means the indescribable nature of reality

References: A critical Survey of Indian Philosophy by CD Sharma, An Introduction to Indian Philosophy by Chatterjee & Datta

Question: In the previous lecture you have told that Madhyamika Philosophy follow the “middle-path” theory, but in the future lecture there is no more discussion has been happened in this specifically.

Answer: On one hand, the term madhyamaka refers to a school of Mahayana philosophy linked with Nagarjuna and his interpreters. However, on the other hand, all Buddhist schools consider themselves as advocating a middle road in accordance with the Buddhist teachings known as Madhyama-pratipadā. This lecture does not address the middle path; rather, it mainly concentrates on the samvriti and paramarth satya philosophies of the madhyamika school.