Nāgārjuna's Madhyamaka analysis holds that karmic causation is itself conventionally designated and lacks svabhāva, undermining its capacity to ground any deeper metaphysical order.

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Conventionally designated(describing how karma exists according to Madhyamaka): Something that exists only because humans have agreed to treat it as real, rather than existing independently in nature—like how money only has value because we collectively decided it does.
Karmic causation(as the mechanism being discussed): The Buddhist idea that your actions automatically create consequences for you later—not because someone punishes you, but as a natural law of the universe.
Madhyamaka(Buddhist metaphysics applied to ethics): The philosophical view that nothing exists ultimately; for Śāntideva, the deepest expression of the Buddha's message
Metaphysical order(describing different types of existence for Adam's body): A category or level of existence in terms of what is fundamentally real; used to distinguish different kinds of being (like whether something is physical, spiritual, or something else entirely).

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