Namaste Shiksharthis!

Imagine a world where the essence of reality cannot be fully understood through thoughts, words, or logic. Nāgārjuna, a Buddhist philosopher from the 2nd century, challenged people’s perceptions of existence by introducing the philosophy of Śūnyavāda or the Theory of Emptiness. Unlike Western ideas that label it as nihilism, Nāgārjuna’s Śūnyavāda dives deeper into the idea that nothing in the universe has a permanent, independent existence.

In fact, this theory has a beautiful depth to it that requires us to look beyond the surface of life. While some may compare Śūnyavāda to nihilism, which suggests that life is meaningless, Nāgārjuna’s philosophy offers a transformative way of understanding the universe and our role in it.