Quotations by Nāgārjuna

It is not tenable that inherent existence should arise from causes and conditions: an inherent existence arisen from causes and conditions would be something fabricated.

• On Essence and existence, their position: Existentialism80%

Never and nowhere does anything exist that is arisen from itself, from another, from both, or without a cause.

• On Explaining nature, their position: Mechanism60%

The Dharma taught by the buddhas rests on two truths: the conventional, worldly truth and the truth in the ultimate sense. Without relying on the conventional, the ultimate is not taught; without reaching the ultimate, nirvāṇa is not attained.

• On Nature of truth, their position: Pragmatism50%

There is no difference at all between saṃsāra and nirvāṇa; there is no difference at all between nirvāṇa and saṃsāra.

• On Where the sacred resides, their position: Immanence98%