八不The eight negations of Nāgārjuna 龍樹. Neither arising nor ceasing, neither eternal nor impermanent, neither one nor many, neither coming nor going.

The eight negations of Nagarjuna, founder of the Mādhyamika or Middle School 三論宗. The four pairs are "neither birth nor death, neither end nor permanence, neither identity nor difference, neither coming nor going." These are the eight negations; add "neither cause nor effect"and there are the 十不 ten negations; v. 八迷.

A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous

（術語）三論宗所說八不中道也。

丁福保《佛學大辭典》

Eight Negations  八不  The eight negations of Nāgārjuna, founder of Mādhyamika, are actually four pairs of neither birth nor death, neither end nor permanence, neither identity nor difference, neither coming nor going. This is one of the important concepts of the Middle Way, the ultimate truth of Buddhism and the reality character of all Dharma.

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