Dedicatory verse of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā?
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I am writing an essay on SN 12.15 (interested folks can read the first draft [here](https://www.scribd.com/document/731466625/Kacc%C4%81nagotta-Sutta-Existence-Non-Existence-in-the-Pali-Suttas) ; using a new laptop & don't know how to format the Word document to fit the PDF conversion) and was heaping praise on Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Chapter 15 however later came across the Dedicatory verse of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, as follows:
> anirodham anutpādam anucchedam aśāśvatam | anekārtham anānārtham
> anāgamam anirgamam || yaḥ pratītyasamutpādaṃ prapañcopaśamaṃ śivam |
> deśayāmāsa saṃbuddhas taṃ vande vadatāṃ varam ||
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> I salute the Fully Enlightened One, the best of orators, who taught
> the doctrine of dependent origination, according to which there is
> neither cessation nor origination, neither annihilation nor the
> eternal, neither singularity nor plurality, neither the coming nor the
> going [of any dharma, for the purpose of nirvāṇa characterized by] the
> auspicious cessation of hypostatization.
I am supposed to accept this dedication literally? What is this supposed to mean, where the Buddha taught dependent origination to which there is no origination?
Asked by Paraloka Dhamma Dhatu
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May 11, 2024, 04:56 AM
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