Let's Talk Tattva: A Philosophy Discussion Forum

By Yamit Kashyap

Abstract: Prasangika-Madhyamikas maintain that the past, present and future are things. This position is different from every other Buddhist tenet. In this paper, I present time as understood by the prasangika-madhyamaka tenet system based on their interpretation of two-truths theory, in the light of which they simultaneously maintain, on one hand, there is no real thing called time, and on the other hand, posit conventional past, present and future. Finally I contrast this view of time with arguments for and against presentism and critically evaluate what this brings to the table of philosophical conversation.