A juncture with Nagarjuna

A juncture with Nagarjuna

A Story by neurostar burns

It has been a little mystery in ancient India about how the description for Void could have been transmitted from the ancient Pali language which was in use before written script to the literature of Nagarjuna and the Wisdom of Perfection of around the second century of the common era. Particularly, in Nagarjuna's literature he stresses the reality is of the two truths, viz one truth is of the world and the other is of liberation. An unexpected development of that time and even for now. For it does not entertain dualism, more like two side of the same coin.
Viewing the modern translation of the text of "Udana" from the "Triple Basket" literature,  one may find the following translation of Udana VIII.3 by John D. Ireland
which reads: There is a  not-born, a non-brought-to-being, a not-made, a not-conditioned. If there were no not-born, not-brought -into-being, not-made, not-conditioned, no escape would be discerned from what is born, brought-into-being, made, conditioned But since there is a not-born, a not-brought-into-being, a not-made, a not-conditioned, therefore an escape is discerned from what is born, brought-into-being, made, conditioned.

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Added on November 25, 2023
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