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Rejection of the three times
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Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā of Nāgārjuna
mūlamadhyamakakārikā, section
Mūlamadhyamakavṛtti-akutobhayā of Nāgārjuna, section
Piṅgala's Commentary on Nāgārjuna's Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikā, section
Buddhapālita-mūlamadhyamakavṛtti of Buddhapālita, section
Sthiramati's Commentary on Nāgārjuna's Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikā, section
Prasannapadā of Candrakīrtī, section
Ratnāvalī of Nāgārjuna
Ratnāvalī of Nāgārjuna, section 1:63
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- (Opponents:) The three dimensions of time are interdependent so that they are existent ultimately
- Present and future cannot dependent on the past
- (Opponents:) The present or the future is not established in relation to the past
- Present and future cannot be independent from the past
- Hence they cannot be established