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'''Four extremes''' (Tib. ''mtha’ bzhi'')
'''Four extremes''' (Skt. ''catuṣkoṭi''; Tib. མཐའ་བཞི་, ''ta shyi''; [[Wyl.]] ''mtha’ bzhi'')


*existence,
*existence (ཡོད་མཐའ་, Wyl. ''yod mtha' '')
*non-existence
*non-existence (མེད་མཐའ་, Wyl. ''med mtha' '')
*both existence and non-existence
*both existence and non-existence (ཡོད་མེད་མཐའ་, Wyl. ''yod med mtha' '')
*and neither existence nor non-existence
*neither existence nor non-existence (ཡོད་མེད་མིན་, Wyl. ''yod med min'')


Example of this logic is for example in [[Nagarjuna]]'s [[Mulamadhyamaka-karika]], verse 55:
Everything is real and is not real, <br/>
Both real and not real,<br/>
Neither real nor not real.<br/>
This is Lord Buddha’s teaching.<br/>
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Latest revision as of 21:46, 27 August 2018

Four extremes (Skt. catuṣkoṭi; Tib. མཐའ་བཞི་, ta shyi; Wyl. mtha’ bzhi)

  • existence (ཡོད་མཐའ་, Wyl. yod mtha' )
  • non-existence (མེད་མཐའ་, Wyl. med mtha' )
  • both existence and non-existence (ཡོད་མེད་མཐའ་, Wyl. yod med mtha' )
  • neither existence nor non-existence (ཡོད་མེད་མིན་, Wyl. yod med min)

Example of this logic is for example in Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-karika, verse 55:

Everything is real and is not real,
Both real and not real,
Neither real nor not real.
This is Lord Buddha’s teaching.