Lepekhov SDOI: 10.30792/2949-5768-2023-1-41-52
THE ROLE OF NAGARJUNA IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATION OF ALL MAHAYANA BUDDHISM
Lepekhov Sergey Yurievich – Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Chief Researcher at the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology SB RAS (Ulan-Ude, Russia).
E-mail: lepekhov@yandex.ru.
The article examines various interpretations of the relationship between different philosophical schools of Mahayana Buddhism. The stereotypes of perception of the role of various Buddhist philosophers in the formation of the basic concepts of the leading Buddhist schools are considered. The following concepts are discussed: «Voidness» (Shunyata), «Two Truths» (Paramartha-satya and Samvriti-satya), «Germinal Potency of Thus Coming» (Tathāgata-garbha), «Aspiration to True and Complete Awakening» (Bodhichitta). The formulation and solutions of a number of philosophical problems in the main philosophical treatises of Nagarjuna are analyzed. It is stated that in such texts as «Mulamadhyamaka-karika», «Bodhichittavivarana», «Yuktishashtika», «Shunyatasaptati», etc. the most consistent unification of the concepts of various schools of Buddhism into a single consistent whole based on the methodology of Madhyamaka is carried out.
