Candrakīrti's Madhyamakāvatāra argues that positing consciousness as ultimately real reinstates a subtle form of svabhāva, contradicting the emptiness of all dharmas including mind.
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consciousness(Philosophy of mind; framing the 'What is consciousness?' question)
A dynamic process characterized by self-transforming flow, intentional coherence, and semantic self-understanding, rather than a static or momentary state.
dharmas(Buddhist Abhidharma philosophy)
The constituent elements or phenomena of experience, enumerated in Buddhist Abhidharma literature; categorized as either conditioned (arising from causes and having effects) or unconditioned (having no cause and no effect)
svabhāva(Abhidharma ontology; the term's meaning shifted from categorial to ontological usage in the vibhāṣā compendia)
Initially carrying an inherent ambiguity grounded in the term bhāva (mode of existence), svabhāva came to acquire the dominant sense of 'intrinsic nature' that specifies and individuates individual dharmas