Soteriological Purpose of Nagarjuna's Philosophy (#252)

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+title: "The Soteriological Purpose of Nagarjuna's Philosophy: A Study of Chapter Twenty-three of the Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikās"
+authors:
+  - "William  L.  Ames"
+external_url: "https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/article/view/8738/2645"
+drive_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/10wTSD8BvGCZxubU7CNghpencgWjJfkNa/view?usp=sharing"
+course: epistemology
+tags:
+  - emptiness
+  - nibbana
+year: 1988
+journal: jiabs
+publisher: "International Association of Buddhist Studies"
+volume: 11
+series: 2
+pages: "7--20"
+---
+
+> Madhyamaka is thus conceived of as a means, with liberation as its ultimate end. But the question remains, how does philosophical argumentation lead to spiritual goals?
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+This article explains the basic tenets of Madhyamaka thought found in Nagarjuna's Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikās, and then, focusing on chapter 23, proceeds to show how such philosophical inquiry and its resultant understanding lead to final liberation (nibbana).