Is buddhism trivialist?
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- Nagarjuna explicitly refutes the propositions of the type "p and not p" as true.[ref. Mulamadhyamakakarika] This four-fold rejection is a feature of the Madhyamika dialectical reasoning.
Based on this, and your provided definition of trivialism, Buddhism is not trivialist.
- If there were no contradictions, then it wouldnt be the case that there would be no difference between choosing a right path or a wrong path- because they would both be true.
But the Buddha clearly and explicitly identifies right from wrong or correct from incorrect.
Therefore, it isnt the case that contradictions are true in Buddhism.
Therefore, it isnt trivialist.
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