Nāgārjuna’s Concept of Emptiness

Buddhistički filozof Nāgārjuna smatra se osnivačem buddhističke filozofske škole madhyamaka, a središnje djelo škole, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, koje također pripisujemo Nāgārjuni, izlaže kritiku tradicije nekanonske abhidharme i teorije vlastite prirode (svabhāva) kroz koncept praznine. Osnovni cilj ovog rada jest predstaviti koncept praznine kroz pregled koncepata izloženih kritici, objasniti zašto praznina nije nihilizam te kako se praznina uklapa u učenje o neprianjanju.Buddhist philosopher Nāgārjuna is considered the founder of the Buddhist philosophical school of madhyamaka, and the central work of the school, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, which we also attribute to Nāgārjuna, criticizes the tradition of non-canonical abhidharma and the theory of one's own nature (svabhāva) through the concept of emptiness. The main goal of this paper is to present the concept of emptiness through an overview of the concepts exposed to criticism, to explain why emptiness is not nihilism and how emptiness fits into the teaching of nonattachment