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    It is not the case that Reality as it is, which is the intentional object of a pure consciousness, is the definition of the perfect nature (pariniṣpanna)

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    • 1.Candrakīrti's Prāsaṅgika critique holds that positing a 'pure consciousness' as a privileged epistemic access point reifies consciousness itself as substantially real.
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    • 2.The Yogācāra move of grounding perfect nature in pure consciousness smuggles in a foundational subject, which Madhyamaka analysis deconstructs as empty like all phenomena.
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    • 3.A definition of ultimate reality that depends on a privileged cognitive mode contradicts the Madhyamaka thesis that ultimate reality is not an object of any consciousness, pure or otherwise.
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    • 1.Dignāga and Dharmakīrti argue that pure perception (nirvikalpaka pratyakṣa) is pre-conceptual and thus lacks intentional structure entirely.
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    • 2.If pure consciousness has no intentionality, it cannot have an intentional object, undermining the definition of pariniṣpanna via intentional content.
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    • 1.The Victorious Buddha attributed all phenomena as natureless, ultimately, with respect to reality as it is
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    • 2.The intentional object of a pure consciousness is reality as it is
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