Buddhist Emptiness and Dependent Arising
Nāgārjuna's discovery of how everything exists, circa 150-250 AD, maybe the most important scientific discovery to date, though it is a misunderstood and little-known event. We hope to change this with a free app named Wise Civilian & Wise Cop. Nāgārjuna used simple science and logic to prove that living beings and things share the same existence (being, self, life), but our ignorance keeps our senses from perceiving this. However, he also discovered this ignorance can be removed with the correct understanding, forever freeing us from all suffering and desire. Nāgārjuna introduced terms such as Emptiness and Dependent-Arising to describe how things exist. Both terms are difficult to understand, yet are inseparable and signify profound insight into how everything exists.
What is dependent-arising? The term dependent-arising consists of two equally important levels. The first level describes that the existence of all phenomena depends on other phenomena, which also exist because of previous phenomena. The second level states that all phenomena are dependent on our mind's conceptualization. For example, once we give a name to phenomena, which is dependent-arising, it now exists to us conventionally (in concepts).
What is Emptiness? Emptiness is the fact that all phenomena exist without inherent existence (empty of inherent existence). Inherent existence is the absence of our own-being (own-existence, own-self, own-life) because everything is dependent-arising.
Are you confused yet?
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