Morad Nazari

Throughout the history of Buddhism, the doctrine of Two Truths has been utilized as a proper means to evaluate the philosophical views of different schools of this tradition. In this research the doctrine of Two Truths, conventional and ultimate, has been examined with special attention to Middle Way philosophy, the philosophy of Madhyamika School, specifically the ideas of the founder of this school, Nagarjuna (2 nd century CE). The distinction between two truths has been examined on religious, social, moral, epistemological, and ontological aspects. The closing discussion devoted to the opinions of historically well-known commentators of Nagarjuna's treatis (Karikas), Candrakirti (7 th century) and Tsongkhapa (14 th century) who believed that the distinction between two truths is more epistemological, rather than being ontological.