When reflecting on immortality, longevity, death and suicide, or taking into consideration the central concepts of the Sino-Japanese philosophical tradition, such as impermanence, we see that the philosophical methods developed in the Graeco-Judaeo-Christian tradition are less suitable. However, it is instructive to contrast both traditions, since the occurring problems present a challenge for a redefinition of »philosophy«, which has traditionally regarded itself as European. Rational logic as well as meditative ways are suggested when treating the Chinese and Japanese philosophical notions.
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The article deals with Nagarjuna's philosophical deconstruction of his contemporary scholastic systems (in the light of the topic of impermanence), which continues to be pertinent today as it deals with everyday metaphysics reflected in a dichotomizing understanding of the world. One of the main causes of suffering recognized by Nagarjuna is unawareness of an unfounded objectifying of things which thereupon become objects of our attachments (one of the most painful being the concept of self). Nagarjuna reveals the non-existence of self and dependent arising of the phenomenal world.
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