[Advaita-l] Advaita and Madhyamika Buddhism

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Chandramouliji,
I agree on both points -
1) that by dealing with Yogachara, we have also dealt with shUnyavAda also.
However in dealing with the former we have focused on the evidence of
reality of objects as provided by pratyaksham and the implausibility of
kshaNikatva vAda, rather than a direct refutation of shUnyatva per se (I am
referring to the Brahma Sutra 2.2). Notwithstanding these, your point
stands.
2) that shUnyavAdins in arguing for the shUnyatva of everything are also
agreeing to the shUnyatva of their own theory. The emptiness of emptiness
is how it is characterized and accepted by them too. However it's reality
is a dependent one, like everything else in their system. They don't
require a satya adhishthAna to a mithyA vastu, just interdependence with
another mithyA vastu.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan

On 19 Sep 2016 7:43 a.m., "H S Chandramouli" <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Sri Venkatraghavan Ji,
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> In continuation to previous post,  After refuting vijnanavAda, the
> bhashya on 4-28 in Mandukya has this to say
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> << येऽपि शून्यवादिनः पश्यन्त एव सर्वशून्यतां स्वदर्शनस्यापि शून्यतां
> प्रतिजानते, ते ततोऽपि साहसिकतराः खं मुष्टिनापि जिघृक्षन्ति ॥ >>
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> << ye.api shUnyavAdinaH pashyanta eva sarvashUnyatAM svadarshanasyApi
> shUnyatAM pratijAnate, te tato.api sAhasikatarAH khaM muShTinApi
> jighRRikShanti || >>
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> Translation by Swami Gambhirananada << As for the nihilists, who, while
> perceiving the nonexistence of everything, assert therebythe voidness of
> their own philosophy, they are even bolder than the idealist (footnote; it
> is through perception that the all-round voidness is proved. But how will
> perception itself be annulled? Not that perception can annihilate itself,
> for the simple reason that perception and its negation cannot coexist.
> Besides, if you talk of absolute nihilism, you affirm the non-existence of
> your own view as well), in as much as  they want to have the sky itself
> in their grasp >>
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> Regards
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