The profound Madhyamaka or Sunyavada school of Mahayana Buddhism formulated by Nagarjuna relies on a critical cognitive distinction known as the Doctrine of Two Truths. What are the explicit parameters of these two levels of reality?

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Nagarjuna in his Mula-madhyamaka-karika establishes that Buddhas teachings are based on two truth tracks. Samvriti-satya represents the relative, dependent world of phenomena where causes and effects operate functionally. Without validating this surface truth, one cannot communicate or teach philosophy. Paramartha-satya is the higher insight that everything is empty of intrinsic independent essence (svabhava-sunya), marking absolute non-dual freedom.

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