The purpose of this study is to examine Sengzhao's philosophy of non-duality in his Zhaolun. To meet the purpose, this study examines both Madhyamaka philosophy and the tradition from Lao-Zhuang to xuanxue as Sengzhao's philosophical backgrounds.;Throughout this study, the theories of both existent and inexistent substantial independent origination are criticized, and the reality of prajna is defined as sunyata identified with pratitya-samutpada. Sengzhao reveals the differences between the non-dualism within the nature by Zhuangzi and Guo Xiang and the non-dualism within pratitya-samutpada by Nagarjuna through Lao-Zhuang and xuanxue terminologies.;The result of this study indicates that the misunderstandings about Madhyamaka Buddhism of ge-i Buddhists who stand on the soil of xuanxue are caused by the misinterpretations of the unification between sunyata and pratitya-samutpada.
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