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    It is not the case that If mere-consciousness were the perfect nature and thus ultimate truth, consciousness would possess intrinsic existence, which Prāsaṅgika Mādhyamikas systematically refute as incoherent.

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    • 1.Denying consciousness intrinsic existence may undermine the very coherence needed to make philosophical arguments about emptiness itself.
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    • 2.The claim conflates 'lacks intrinsic existence' with 'is not ultimate truth'—dependent phenomena can still be fundamentally real.
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    • 3.Prāsaṅgika refutation of intrinsic existence applies equally to the doctrine itself, creating potential self-undermining circularity.
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    • 1.Intrinsic existence requires independence from conceptual designation and relational dependence, which consciousness demonstrably lacks.
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    • 2.Prāsaṅgika analysis shows all phenomena require dependent origination; claiming consciousness escapes this is special pleading.
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    • 3.If consciousness had intrinsic nature, it would be unchanging and non-relational, contradicting its empirical dependence on causes.
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