禅Nagarjuna

proverb

Eight Negations

Mūlamadhyamakakārikā

Indic

Traditionally attributed

Text

No arising, no ceasing; no permanence, no annihilation; no coming, no going; no one, no many. From this eightfold no, the world arises freshly each instant.

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Attribution

Lineage: Indian Patriarchs

By Nagarjuna

Sources

  • contentEssays in Zen Buddhism, First Series

    D. T. Suzuki

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