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Fire and Fuel
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Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā of Nāgārjuna
mūlamadhyamakakārikā, section 10
Mūlamadhyamakavṛtti-akutobhayā of Nāgārjuna, section 10
Piṅgala's Commentary on Nāgārjuna's Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikā, section 10
Buddhapālita-mūlamadhyamakavṛtti of Buddhapālita, section 10
Sthiramati's Commentary on Nāgārjuna's Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikā, section 10
Prasannapadā of Candrakīrtī, section 203:1
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- Untenability of identity
- Untenability of difference
- Untenability of contact (saṃpra√āp) between fire and fuel
- Argument from regressus ad infinitum (fire and fuel)
- Mutual dependence of fire and fuel
- Conclusion: identity and difference are untenable
- If fire or fuel is either ultimately existent or absolutely non-existent, then agent and action would be impossible
- In terms of the ultimate truth, there is no fire or fuel causing each other, as the two are empty