인과관계에 대한 용수와 가우다빠다의 비판

Critique of Causality in the Philosophy of Nāgārjuna and Gaudapāda

&nbsp;&nbsp;Causality has been considered as one of the most convenient and necessary conceptual apparatus to analyse and interpret the changes of phenomenal world. Therefore, Indian Philosophical systems, i.e. Hindu, Jaina and Buddhist philosophy as well as Western philosophy developed various theories of causality.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;However, on the other hand, the law of cause and effect has been regarded to fetter the human being in the prison of space, time and limitedness against the human aspiration for ultimate liberation and transcendental dimension, therefore in Indian philosophy the dialectic to negate the law of cause and effect has been offered on the basis of different motivation and reasons from the Western Humean philosophy.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;In Indian philosophy, two philosophers, i.e. N？g？rjuna of the M？dhyamika Buddhism and Gaudap？da of the Advaita Ved？nta philosophy are remarkable for their dialectic to negate causality.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;N？g？rjuna criticises causality in Chap. I and XX of his monumental work, M？dhyamika-k？rik？ and Gau？ap？da, in Chap. Ⅲ of his ？gama-？？stra. This paper is humble attempt to compare the two philosophers" dialectic to negate causality.