Sanron school

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The Sanron school is a historical Japanese Buddhist tradition rooted in the Chinese Sanlun (Three Treatises) Madhyamaka philosophy, emphasizing the doctrine of emptiness and the middle way.

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Sanron school canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese Buddhist school ⓘ
Madhyamaka tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Japanese Nara schools of Buddhism ⓘ
basedOn Madhyamaka philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Madhyamaka

Three Treatises ⓘ
coreDoctrine emptiness of all dharmas ⓘ
middle path between eternalism and nihilism ⓘ
two truths theory ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
emphasizes doctrine of emptiness ⓘ
middle way ⓘ
follows Nāgārjuna’s Madhyamaka ⓘ
linked to: Madhyamaka

Three Treatise tradition ⓘ
hasOriginIn Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
Sanlun school ⓘ
historicalPeriod classical Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
historicalRegion Nara Japan ⓘ
linked to: Nara
influencedBy Chinese Madhyamaka ⓘ
linked to: Madhyamaka

Nāgārjuna ⓘ
linked to: Nagarjuna

Sanlun school ⓘ
languageOfScripture Classical Chinese ⓘ
partOf Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
philosophicalFocus analysis of views and concepts ⓘ
critical dialectic ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
status historical tradition ⓘ
teaches non-substantiality of phenomena ⓘ
rejection of fixed views ⓘ
traditionType scholastic Buddhism ⓘ
usesText Dvādaśanikāya-śāstra ⓘ
Madhyamaka-śāstra ⓘ
Śata-śāstra ⓘ

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Japanese Buddhism → hasComponent → Sanron school ⓘ
Jōjitsu school → relatedTo → Sanron school ⓘ