[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c8.s5.8 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.8 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.8 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.8) Nāgārjuna rejected the concept of \*svabhāva\* and emphasized the idea of \*madhyamā pratipad\* (the middle path). He also established the invariable relationship of the philosophy of Śūnyavāda with Buddha’s concept of \*pratītyasamutpāda\* (interdependent origination). \*Nirvāṇa\* and \*saṃsāra\* to him are the forms of one and the same reality. - [Previous: c8.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.7) - [Next: c8.s5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.9) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mūlamadhyamakakārikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.madhyamaka.mmk) — Nāgārjuna, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.8) · Pramāṇa