Chapter 1: Verses 93-100

The conclusion of Chapter 1. Chapter 1 addresses what to abandon and what to practice to attain upper rebirth and highest good. Part of a series of talks on Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland of Advice for a King.

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• Things that are dependent are not perceived by the wisdom realizing emptiness
• Realizing emptiness does not change the status of how things exist
• The emptiness of true existence is itself not truly existent
• Refuting the inherent existence of unconditioned space
• Saying things are merely named does not mean they are just words or sounds
• In the same way that snake is imputed on a coiled rope, “I” is designated on the aggregates

Precious Garland 26: Verses 93-100 (download)