Quote by Nagarjuna: “Emptiness is the emptiness of all views.”

This core Buddhist concept means that 'emptiness' isn't nothingness, but rather the absence of inherent existence or fixed nature in anything. It implies that all our views and concepts are ultimately provisional.

Nagarjuna, one of the most important Buddhist philosophers, founded the Madhyamaka school. His work provided a rigorous philosophical foundation for the Mahayana concept of shunyata (emptiness) during a period of intense doctrinal development.

Indian Buddhist philosopher of the second century CE whose Mulamadhyamakakarika established the Madhyamaka school of philosophy, one of the most influential strands of Buddhist thought. He developed the concept of sunyata (emptiness) with rigorous logical precision, arguing that all phenomena lack inherent existence. His work shaped Mahayana Buddhism across Asia.