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  • Bogacz - Justification of The Buddhist "No-Essence" View - Religious, Philosophical, Both or Neither

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    The document discusses the Buddhist "no-essence" view as presented in Perfection of Wisdom literature and Madhyamaka philosophy. It explores whether the justification of this view is religious, philosophical, or both. It argues that the philosophical intuition behind questions asking how something can possess perfect wisdom without possessing its own essence concerns connecting justification to the essence-oriented metaphysics of Early Buddhism. The paper will provide textual evidence from Mahayana sutras, Abhidharma scriptures, and philosophical treatises to conclude that rejecting essence is equal to rejecting typical Buddhist epistemology. It questions whether Madhyamaka philosophy proposes an adequate solution to analyzing knowledge and what role justification of the "no-essence

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    The document discusses the Buddhist "no-essence" view as presented in Perfection of Wisdom literature and Madhyamaka philosophy. It explores whether the justification of this view is religious, philosophical, or both. It argues that the philosophical intuition behind questions asking how something can possess perfect wisdom without possessing its own essence concerns connecting justification to the essence-oriented metaphysics of Early Buddhism. The paper will provide textual evidence from Mahayana sutras, Abhidharma scriptures, and philosophical treatises to conclude that rejecting essence is equal to rejecting typical Buddhist epistemology. It questions whether Madhyamaka philosophy proposes an adequate solution to analyzing knowledge and what role justification of the "no-essence

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    Bogacz - Justification of The Buddhist "No-Essence" View - Religious, Philosophical, Both or Neither

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    Szymon Bogacz
    The document discusses the Buddhist "no-essence" view as presented in Perfection of Wisdom literature and Madhyamaka philosophy. It explores whether the justification of this view is religious, philosophical, or both. It argues that the philosophical intuition behind questions asking how something can possess perfect wisdom without possessing its own essence concerns connecting justification to the essence-oriented metaphysics of Early Buddhism. The paper will provide textual evidence from Mahayana sutras, Abhidharma scriptures, and philosophical treatises to conclude that rejecting essence is equal to rejecting typical Buddhist epistemology. It questions whether Madhyamaka philosophy proposes an adequate solution to analyzing knowledge and what role justification of the "no-essence

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    Szymon Bogacz, MA Jagiellonian Univeristy Krakw, Poland

    Justification of the Buddhist no-essence view religious, philosophical, both or neither?

    ABSTRA T T!e "Per#ection o# $isdom% literat&re, es'ecially t!e "Per#ection o# $isdom in (ig!t T!o&sand )erses% *Aashasrikprajpramit+ give rise to t!e Mad!yamaka '!iloso'!y, t!e oldest and one o# t!e most in#l&ential '!iloso'!ical doctrines o# Ma!,y,na B&dd!ism- Bot! "Per#ection o# $isdom% S&tras and Mad!yamaka '!iloso'!ical te.ts e.'ress sever criticism o# t!e essence *svabhva+- S&tras are e.'loring t!e religio&s notion o# t!e "no/essence% view w!ile '!iloso'!ical treaties 'resent its 0&sti#icationT!e "Per#ection o# $isdom in (ig!t T!o&sand )erses% s&tra 'resents a story o# an a1!id!arma '!iloso'!er 2ari'&tra and a monk S&1!&ti known #or !is 'ro#o&nd &nderstanding o# t!e 'er#ection o# wisdom- 3n one 'assage o# t!is te.t 2ari'&tra asks4 "!ow can a Bod!isattva 1e known as 'ossessing 'er#ect wisdom, w!en t!e very #orm does not 'ossess t!e own/1eing *svabhva+ o# #orm5% * onze 6789, :;+. S&1!&ti does not answer 2ari'&tra<s =&estion, 0&st ass&res !im t!at t!is ty'e o# knowledge can 1e ac!ieved- Some res'onses to t!is =&estion !ave 1een given later mainly 1y t!e B&dd!ist '!iloso'!ers s&c! as >,g,r0&na, ?ryadeva, B!avaviveka and andrak@rti3n my 'a'er 3 will arg&e, t!at t!e '!iloso'!ical int&ition 1e!ind 2ari'&tra<s =&estion concerns t!e connection 1etween 0&sti#ication and essence/oriented meta'!ysics o# t!e (arly B&dd!ism- To s&''ort t!is t!esis t!e wide range o# te.t&al evidences will 1e 'rovided, e-gMa!ayana s&tras *i-a- Aashasrikprajpramit, Vimalakrtinirdeastra+, A1!di!arma scri't&res *i-a- Pacavastukastra, Sa !uktbhidharmah"da!a+ and '!iloso'!ical treaties 1y Asaga and )as&1and!&- An t!e 1asis o# t!e collected data it is 'ossi1le to concl&de t!at t!e re0ection o# essence is e=&al to t!e re0ection o# t!e ty'ical B&dd!ists e'istemologyT!e =&estion is w!atever t!e Mad!yamka '!iloso'!y 'ro'o&nds a new and ade=&ate sol&tion to t!e 'ro1lem o# t!e analysis o# knowledge- 3n t!e lig!t o# works o# >,g,r0&na, ?ryadeva et al. it is necessary to ask w!at 'lays a key role in 0&sti#ication o# t!e "no/ essence% view o# M,d!yamikas- 3s t!is4 a religio&s dogma, a '!iloso'!ical arg&mentation, a meditative e.'erience, logical analysis or somet!ing else5

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