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Mūlamadhyamakakārikā

Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way

By Nāgārjuna

First written c. 2nd–3rd century CE

In the public domain

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Nāgārjuna’s founding work of the Madhyamaka: some 450 verses in twenty-seven chapters that examine causation, motion, the self, time and nirvāṇa, and show that nothing has intrinsic existence. Chapter 24, on the four noble truths, identifies emptiness with dependent origination.

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Nāgārjuna. Mūlamadhyamakakārikā: Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way.

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“Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.” Source. The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society. Last modified November 7, 2026. https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/mulamadhyamakakarika.

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@misc{sources-mulamadhyamakakarika,
  title = {{Mūlamadhyamakakārikā}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/mulamadhyamakakarika}
}

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