Establishment of Convention (Six verses from a Lost Text) (Vyavaharasiddhi) by Nagarjuna

Establishment of Convention (Six verses from a Lost Text) (Vyavaharasiddhi) by Nagarjuna

 

Establishment of Convention
(Six verses from a Lost Text)
(Vyavaharasiddhi)
by Nagarjuna
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#1. One syllable is not a mantra; many syllables are not a mantra either. Dependent upon syllables that are [thus] insubstantial, this [mantra is neither existent] nor non-existent.
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#2. Likewise, no medicine appears apart from its specific ingredients. It appears [like] an illusory elephant: It is not [identical with them] nor is it [absolutely] different from them.
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#3. It arises in dependent co-origination! Who would maintain that it is existent or non-existent? [Similarly,] visual consciousness arises based on [eye and form].
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#4. Projected by the power of karma and passions, the appropriator arises out of existence. Form arises likewise. Who would maintain its existence or non-existence?
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#5. Similarly, all the [twelve] members of existence aft [simply] conventional designations. All the dharmas, such as extinction, have [only] been advocated [by the Buddhas] for a specific purpose.
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#6. Just as a mantra is not a mantra and medicine is not medicine, so [all phenomena] are stated to be dependent. Neither of the two [i.e., cause or effect] can be established [as existing independently].
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