Nagarjuna
150 – 250 · India · Philosophy
Founded Madhyamaka Buddhism and its logic of emptiness.
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- Adi Shankara
700 – 750 · Philosophy, Theology
Shankara's Advaita is argued explicitly against Madhyamaka emptiness.
- Tenzin Choedrak
1922 – 2001 · Integrative Medicine, Medicine
Madhyamaka philosophy frames the Tibetan medical understanding of mind and body.
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