... notion of a Middle Way in the thought of Nagarjuna and Zen. The approach taken will examine how the central tenets of the Middle Way as described by Nagarjuna are manifested in the application of Zen discipline. The teachings that will be highlighted from Nagarjuna's philosophy of the Middle Way will be emptiness (sunyata), the Twofold Truth, and reductio ad absurdum. The Middle Way's central teaching of emptiness is also found in the Zen disciple, and the two teachings of the Twofold Truth and reductio ad absurdum will be seen as practically applied in the Zen tradition's balanced way of life and discipline in their search for enlightenment. The notion of what the Middle Way means in regards to the Buddhist Tradition, Madhyamika Buddhist Tradition (tradition based on Nagarjuna's Middle Way), and the Zen Buddhist Tradition will first be examined. The understanding of the Buddhist tradition in regards to the ...

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