8 concepts
- arising
- ceasing
- being non-existent
- being permanent
- coming
- going
- being multiple
- being single
8 no’s of the middle way
- no birth
- no death
- no permanence
- no dissolution
- no coming
- no going
- no one
- no many
8 opposites
- impermanence
- non-self
- Interdependent Co-Arising
- emptiness
- Middle Way
https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Eight_extremes
- arising
- ceasing
- being non-existent
- being permanent
- coming
- going
- being multiple
- being single
“In Buddhism we talk about the Eight Concepts: birth, death, permanence, dissolution, coming, going, one, and many. The practice to end attachment to these eight ideas is called the Eight No’s of the Middle Way — no birth and no death, no permanence and no dissolution, no coming and no going, no one and no many.
In the thirteenth century in Vietnam, someone asked Master Tue Trung a question following a Dharma talk, and he replied, “Having offered complete release from the Eight Concepts, what further explanation could I possibly give?”
Once these eight ideas have been destroyed, we touch nirvana.
Nirvana is release from the Eight Concepts, and also from
their opposites — impermanence, nonself, Interdependent Co-Arising, emptiness, and the Middle Way.”
Excerpt From
The Heart Of The Buddha’s Teaching
Hanh, Thich Nhat