The Response Was Prompted By A Totally rroneousInterpretation Of Matsuo's Novel Epistemological Framework The Reviewer ttempted To Understand Buddhist Doctrines By Way Of Western Ategories Which On Surface Seems Plausible But，In Essence，Is Impossible. For The pistemic Notions Expounded In Buddhism Are Based On The Unique Nature Of Emptiness, Not In The Literal Sense But In Its Full (Plenum) Existential Sense. This Is The Source Of The Nature Of The Buddhist Middle Way Which Is Not Sought Between Being And Nonbeing At All.
