The relation between Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka accounts of time and contemporary physical accounts of time are considered. Caution is urged in assimilating them too quickly, and caution that there are many differences in detail. Nonetheless, it is shown that if we follow carefully a philosophical arc from Nāgārjuna through Tsongkhapa and Dōgen, we encounter a relational account of time and of our experience of temporality that can inform thought about the ontological status of time in contemporary physical theory, about the anisotropy of time, and about the observer-relativity of time. There is room for dialogue, but only if we are clear about what Madhyamaka does and does not bring to the table.
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I. The Broad Framework of Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka Philosophy 878 II. Motion, the Mover, and the Path 879 III. Nāgārjuna on Time 882 IV. The Importance of Disintegration 887 V. Being as Time: Dōgen on Two Aspects of Temporality 889 VI. Some Final Thoughts: Madhyamaka and Modern Science 892 Notes 893 References 894
