Madhyamaka

The Buddhist philosophy of emptiness, dependent arising, and the two truths, centered on Nāgārjuna.

Emptiness is the lack of inherent existence, argued together with dependent arising. It is not the claim that only minds exist, and it is not nihilism in the casual sense. The two truths keep ordinary practice from being dismissed as a mere mistake. The tradition is here so the reality axis cannot pose as a complete map of ontology.

Six axes

• Reality
• Knowledge

Philosophers

• Nāgārjuna

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “Madhyamaka”