@article{oai:meilib.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000415, author = {Somaratne, G. A.}, journal = {比較文化, Comparative culture, the journal of Miyazaki International College}, month = {}, note = {Based on the Madhyamakasastra and the Prasannapada, two important Sanskrit texts of the Madhyamika school of Buddhism, and supplemented by the early Buddhist scriptures, the Pali Nikayas, this article clarifies the Emptiness (sunyata) concept as understood by three well-known Madhyamika philosophers, namely, Nagrajuna, Aryadeva and Candrakirti. According to them, as the writer understands, Emptiness is how things are in reality, that is, the relativity or the dependent co-arising. When understood from the aspect of ultimate sense, Emptiness is nirvana, the supreme bliss, and when understood from the aspect of conventional sense, it is samsara, the world of suffering. The meaning of Emptiness as reality and relativity is further understood through the Madhyamika "devoid of own-being" view as opposed to the Abhidharmika "own-being" view of existents. The realization of Emptiness is more important than the rationalization of it. All speculative views which arise due to the rationalization of emptiness disappear with the realization of it.}, pages = {29--35}, title = {マーディャミカ学派における真理、相対性、思弁的見解の排除について}, volume = {2}, year = {1996} }