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In the first few chapters of the treatise Nāgārjuna examined the concept of causation and argued that cause and effect are devoid of any nature. In this chapter he stresses that the marks of causal phenomena cannot be established, for the marks of effect cannot be in any causal condition nor in their combination. Nāgārjuna also argues that since the mark of effect cannot be established, effect is empty. And if effect is empty, all things are empty because all things are products (effects) of other things.
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Cheng, Hl. (1982). Cause and Effect. In: Nāgārjuna’s Twelve Gate Treatise. Studies of Classical India, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7775-4_12
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