Sometimes known as "the second Buddha," FTP, name this first ?
According to hagiographic traditions, his prodigious intellect was made known to the nagas, who passed to him the radical Perfection of Wisdom texts. In his analysis of the water-jug, he separated reality into the concepts of svabhava or ultimate essence, and samvrtisat or conventional, in order to explain the realization of anatman or "no-self" in attaining nirvana. His presentation of philosophical argument took the form of stotras or hymns to the Buddha adopting a highly paradoxical form, a style that would be adopted by his successors. The founder of the Madhyamaka School, his systematization of sunyata or emptiness is found in his attributed work The Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way. Sometimes known as "the second Buddha," FTP, name this first ? Mahayana philosopher in India.
According to hagiographic traditions, his prodigious intellect was made known to the nagas, who passed to him the radical Perfection of Wisdom texts.
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