Does the Foam Sutta (SN 22.95) say there are "no things" or, otherwise, discuss emptiness similar to Nagarjuna?
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I read the following on the internet:
> I think your saying that "Nagarjuna that purports there are no things"
> was an oversimplification or misrepresentation -- conversely the quote
> or summary above isn't far from what you find in the suttas, e.g. the
> Foam sutta (SN 22.95). It's kind of tangential to your answer, but
> since you wrote "Nagarjuna purports there are no things" I thought
> that was worth clarifying. –
>
> No I meant that Wikipedia's summary of Nagarjuna's seemed to me
> similar to the doctrine of the Foam sutta. I doubt whether anyone
> believes "there are no things" which is why I thought that phrase of
> yours (i.e. "Nagarjuna that purports there are no things") was
> mis-stating Nagarjuna's doctrine.
Does the Foam Sutta (SN 22.95) say there are "no things" or, otherwise, discuss emptiness similar to Nagarjuna?
Asked by Paraloka Dhamma Dhatu
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May 22, 2020, 07:18 AM
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