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https://atr-passerby.com/observer-appendix-a-the-verse-text-an-index/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/observer-appendix-b-glossary/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/observer-appendix-c-the-beginner-s-companion-in-eleven/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/observer-appendix-d-references/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/seeing-comes-first/2026-11-02https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FkAgvaejc6M/hqdefault.jpgThe Logic: After AnattaWhy the logic needs a direct seeing of what a phenomenon is.https://www.youtube.com/embed/FkAgvaejc6M2026-11-01 https://atr-passerby.com/what-the-logic-is-looking-at/2026-11-01https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fwq2D9VGRL4/hqdefault.jpgWhat the Logic Is Looking AtWhat a phenomenon (dharma) is, and why self, object and cause are one vivid appearing: singled out, dependent, and by appearing already empty.https://www.youtube.com/embed/fwq2D9VGRL42026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/does-it-arise-or-cease/2026-11-01https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3cxKQa7zLJI/hqdefault.jpgDoes It Arise or Cease?A koan, read with both logics.https://www.youtube.com/embed/3cxKQa7zLJI2026-10-28 https://atr-passerby.com/decoding-anatta-and-mmk-chapter-3/2026-11-01https://i.ytimg.com/vi/60E76d3NmZM/hqdefault.jpgDecoding Anatta and MMK Chapter 3In seeing, just the seen: why Bāhiya and Nāgārjuna's Chapter 3 say the same thing.https://www.youtube.com/embed/60E76d3NmZM2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/neither-carried-nor-cut/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V54mHxDXEC8/hqdefault.jpgNeither Carried Nor CutContinuity with nothing carried over and nothing cut off, seen in the six streams of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching and thinking.https://www.youtube.com/embed/V54mHxDXEC82026-10-30 https://atr-passerby.com/annihilation-is-an-inherent-view/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IfKLNDfGu_A/hqdefault.jpgAnnihilation Is an Inherent ViewWhy "it is gone" holds on to the same thing as "it lasts for ever": something can be cut off only if it was there from its own side first.https://www.youtube.com/embed/IfKLNDfGu_A2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/the-illusion-of-the-given/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZGnlj6vMcrk/hqdefault.jpgThe Illusion of the GivenWhy no hidden thing stands behind what appears: one bowl, many beings, agreement without a hidden substance, mind and object arising together, and many…https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZGnlj6vMcrk2026-10-28 https://atr-passerby.com/the-limits-of-the-tools/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QqAbkXRRqqY/hqdefault.jpgThe Limits of the ToolsWhy concepts and drawings cannot hold what vividly appears, unfindable and following its conditions, and how to present it anyway.https://www.youtube.com/embed/QqAbkXRRqqY2026-10-28 https://atr-passerby.com/the-logic-of-dependency/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y9JfZ_HZeo4/hqdefault.jpgThe Logic of DependencyThe two logics in full: substance and dependency, through change, the eight extremes, identity, convention, continuity and the path. The eight steps…https://www.youtube.com/embed/y9JfZ_HZeo42026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/step-1-two-logics/2026-10-29https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EGSuFCoBwUc/hqdefault.jpgTwo LogicsSubstance and dependency, side by side.https://www.youtube.com/embed/EGSuFCoBwUc2026-10-29 https://atr-passerby.com/step-2-what-is-negated/2026-11-01https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ntuzf3pHcgw/hqdefault.jpgWhat Is NegatedOwn-nature, and only own-nature.https://www.youtube.com/embed/ntuzf3pHcgw2026-10-29 https://atr-passerby.com/step-3-designated-not-found/2026-10-29https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r19TZFJq1tw/hqdefault.jpgDesignated, Not FoundThe chariot, and how names work.https://www.youtube.com/embed/r19TZFJq1tw2026-10-29 https://atr-passerby.com/step-4-the-two-truths/2026-10-29https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LNCGiDu_gcA/hqdefault.jpgThe Two TruthsNot two worlds: two ways of seeing one.https://www.youtube.com/embed/LNCGiDu_gcA2026-10-29 https://atr-passerby.com/step-5-the-four-corners/2026-10-29https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rf7BRLgxfMg/hqdefault.jpgThe Four CornersIs, is not, both, neither, and why all four fall.https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rf7BRLgxfMg2026-10-29 https://atr-passerby.com/step-6-the-two-traps/2026-10-29https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aLZriJgtSns/hqdefault.jpgThe Two TrapsEternalism and nihilism.https://www.youtube.com/embed/aLZriJgtSns2026-10-29 https://atr-passerby.com/step-7-function-without-substance/2026-10-29https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vh81K4RwTko/hqdefault.jpgFunction Without SubstanceWhy empty things still work.https://www.youtube.com/embed/vh81K4RwTko2026-10-29 https://atr-passerby.com/step-8-the-four-questions/2026-10-31https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kby_7lYZZPA/hqdefault.jpgThe Four QuestionsThe test, ready for any question.https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kby_7lYZZPA2026-10-29 https://atr-passerby.com/what-is-a-phenomenon/2026-10-31https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JuigRhfVuGo/hqdefault.jpgVivid and NowhereVivid, unfindable and dependently arisen, all at once.https://www.youtube.com/embed/JuigRhfVuGo2026-10-28 https://atr-passerby.com/rebirth-and-karma/2026-11-04https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nq3aj8KYDSE/hqdefault.jpgRebirth and KarmaOne Flame Lights Another: karma and rebirth without a traveller.https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nq3aj8KYDSE2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/the-six-powers/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q1gwOAySqFs/hqdefault.jpgKnowing From SomewhereKnowing From Somewhere: the six higher knowledges, read without a hidden ground.https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q1gwOAySqFs2026-10-28 https://atr-passerby.com/many-worlds-many-realms/2026-10-31https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZGnlj6vMcrk/hqdefault.jpgThe Illusion of the GivenOne river, seen as nectar, water or burning pus.https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZGnlj6vMcrk2026-10-28 https://atr-passerby.com/the-world-itself/2026-10-31https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UTQThEl748M/hqdefault.jpgThe World ItselfA worldview with no ground floor.https://www.youtube.com/embed/UTQThEl748M2026-10-28 https://atr-passerby.com/death-and-the-bardo/2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/mind-is-singled-out-too/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ptCrEkIXa4M/hqdefault.jpgMind and Consciousness: Both Are Also Singled OutMind, consciousness, luminous clarity and matter: all singled out, all designated, all phenomena. Why I do not say mind is the empty vivid appearing.https://www.youtube.com/embed/ptCrEkIXa4M2026-11-02 https://atr-passerby.com/dependent-arising-and-designation/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fdZp6cC-mxk/hqdefault.jpgDependent Arising, Part 1: If You Think You UnderstandHow the tradition defines dependent arising and designation, and the key insights met in practice: no power in the cause, the chariot that carries you…https://www.youtube.com/embed/fdZp6cC-mxk2026-11-09 https://atr-passerby.com/cause-and-effect/2026-11-01https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Z3j5L_ITbw/hqdefault.jpgBeyond Cause and EffectWhy the question of cause stops applying.https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Z3j5L_ITbw2026-10-23 https://atr-passerby.com/science-and-the-dharma/2026-11-08 https://atr-passerby.com/time/2026-10-31https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tt3YciGacuw/hqdefault.jpgExamination of TimePast, present and future, none found standing.https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tt3YciGacuw2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/rainbow-body/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qMqGI1BQv0Q/hqdefault.jpgRainbow BodyIf nothing is found, what turns into light? Dzogchen, Gelug, the five lights, and the yang spirit.https://www.youtube.com/embed/qMqGI1BQv0Q2026-10-30 https://atr-passerby.com/energy-practices/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PtsEWMvwswY/hqdefault.jpgInner Winds and Subtle Body Practices: Non-Substantialist POVThree subtle bodies, one method: the Taoist orbits, the Indian wheels and the Tibetan channels, winds and drops. The method is shared; the view is not.https://www.youtube.com/embed/PtsEWMvwswY2026-11-08 https://atr-passerby.com/five-elements/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YO9xrzMHVTE/hqdefault.jpg5 Elements: Chinese vs TibetThe Chinese five (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) and the Indian five (earth, water, fire, wind, space) both live in Tibet. In history they meet; in view…https://www.youtube.com/embed/YO9xrzMHVTE2026-11-08 https://atr-passerby.com/ethics-and-compassion/2026-10-31https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JQ9cXPZBSjg/hqdefault.jpgEthics and CompassionWhy emptiness makes care matter more.https://www.youtube.com/embed/JQ9cXPZBSjg2026-10-28 https://atr-passerby.com/practice-and-realisation/2026-11-01 https://atr-passerby.com/post-anatta-pathway/2026-11-06 https://atr-passerby.com/dependent-arising-the-journey/2026-11-09 https://atr-passerby.com/science-and-physics/2026-10-31https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OMphta1TVQU/hqdefault.jpgIsn't Energy the Substrate?Is energy the last substance?https://www.youtube.com/embed/OMphta1TVQU2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/causal-efficacy-without-causal-power/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4pfCqvh6XFA/hqdefault.jpgCausal Efficacy Without Causal PowerCauses work, but no power inside them is ever found. Is that orthodox Madhyamaka and Dzogchen?https://www.youtube.com/embed/4pfCqvh6XFA2026-11-02 https://atr-passerby.com/insights-and-tastes-for-practice/2026-11-08 https://atr-passerby.com/mind-and-consciousness/2026-11-02 https://atr-passerby.com/luminosity/2026-11-08https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CLaVziIJkOI/hqdefault.jpgThe Lamp That Does Not Light ItselfClear and empty, never a hidden substance.https://www.youtube.com/embed/CLaVziIJkOI2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/the-canon-view/2026-11-04 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-1-examination-of-conditions/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YUDhcGwUuww/hqdefault.jpgExamination of ConditionsNāgārjuna's Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way open with the most ordinary question there is: how does anything come about? Seeds become sprouts…https://www.youtube.com/embed/YUDhcGwUuww2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-2-examination-of-motion/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9Oa0WSUl7nU/hqdefault.jpgExamination of MotionWalk across a room. Nothing seems simpler. There is you, there is the walking, and there is the floor you cross. You were at the door, and now you are at…https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Oa0WSUl7nU2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-3-examination-of-the-senses/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1RmlUzi0yP8/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the SensesOpen your eyes and the room is there: the window, the chair, the light on the wall. It seems obvious that the eye sees and the room is seen, and that…https://www.youtube.com/embed/1RmlUzi0yP82026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-4-examination-of-the-aggregates/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TE0oCSyMeyc/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the AggregatesPick up a clay cup. It is solid, it has weight and colour, and it is made of something: clay, and the clay of earth and water. Buddhist schools called…https://www.youtube.com/embed/TE0oCSyMeyc2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-5-examination-of-the-elements/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pJg3NPuJETo/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the ElementsClear a shelf and there is space on it. Take everything out of a room and the room is empty. It seems that space was there all along, a kind of invisible…https://www.youtube.com/embed/pJg3NPuJETo2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-6-examination-of-desire-and-the-desirous/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xp_XkwsQQzI/hqdefault.jpgExamination of Desire and the DesirousYou want something: a cup of coffee, a person's approval, a new phone. There seems to be someone who wants, and a wanting that this someone has. The…https://www.youtube.com/embed/xp_XkwsQQzI2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-7-examination-of-the-conditioned/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FVk3JBrPuxc/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the ConditionedEverything around us seems to have a life story. A cup is made, it lasts for some years, and one day it breaks. A thought comes up, stays for a moment and…https://www.youtube.com/embed/FVk3JBrPuxc2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-8-examination-of-the-agent-and-action/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8_ZvLMt4R1o/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the Agent and ActionSomeone bakes bread. There is a baker, and there is the baking, and the two seem easy to tell apart. The baker was there before the bread and will be…https://www.youtube.com/embed/8_ZvLMt4R1o2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-9-examination-of-the-prior-entity/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5FANXqgClmQ/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the Prior EntityYou see a bird, you hear it sing, you feel the morning air. It seems obvious that someone is doing all this: one person, the same one, who sees and hears…https://www.youtube.com/embed/5FANXqgClmQ2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-10-examination-of-fire-and-fuel/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1QsJO8hYgpQ/hqdefault.jpgExamination of Fire and FuelLight a log in the fireplace. There is the fire, and there is the wood it burns. Nothing seems simpler. Yet ask how the two are related and the simplicity…https://www.youtube.com/embed/1QsJO8hYgpQ2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-11-examination-of-the-initial-and-final-limits/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VQ0sm8FAehQ/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the Initial and Final LimitsWhere did it all begin? Children ask it about the universe, and adults ask it about their own lives: the first mistake, the first habit, the first moment…https://www.youtube.com/embed/VQ0sm8FAehQ2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-12-examination-of-suffering/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uvGHydGE1DY/hqdefault.jpgExamination of SufferingWhen we suffer, we look for whom to blame. Sometimes it is ourselves: I brought this on myself. Sometimes it is others: they did this to me. Sometimes…https://www.youtube.com/embed/uvGHydGE1DY2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-13-examination-of-compounded-phenomena/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tCS3n-n6G38/hqdefault.jpgExamination of Compounded PhenomenaA mirage looks like water. Walk towards it and the water is not there, yet the shimmer is real enough to photograph. It deceives not by being nothing, but…https://www.youtube.com/embed/tCS3n-n6G382026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-14-examination-of-connection/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jg9vHEjHbfU/hqdefault.jpgExamination of ConnectionWhen you see a tree, three things seem to come together: you who see, the seeing, and the tree that is seen. They meet, and there is the experience.…https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jg9vHEjHbfU2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-15-examination-of-essence/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e0n6QzFjUkE/hqdefault.jpgExamination of EssenceWhat is a thing really, underneath? We feel that each thing has a core that makes it what it is: gold is gold because of its gold-nature, I am I because…https://www.youtube.com/embed/e0n6QzFjUkE2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-16-examination-of-bondage-and-liberation/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ikuZeyqBPoE/hqdefault.jpgExamination of Bondage and LiberationBuddhism speaks of beings bound in saṃsāra, the round of birth and death, and of liberation from it. The words suggest a picture: someone is tied up…https://www.youtube.com/embed/ikuZeyqBPoE2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-17-examination-of-actions-and-their-fruits/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SmEODpZdLdM/hqdefault.jpgExamination of Actions and Their FruitsAn unkind word spoken today can come back months later. A habit practised for years shapes a character. The Buddhist teaching of karma says more…https://www.youtube.com/embed/SmEODpZdLdM2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-18-examination-of-the-self-and-entities/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YgYoISR3_mo/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the Self and EntitiesNothing feels more certain than 'I'. I am the one reading this sentence, the one who was a child in an old photograph, the one who will wake up tomorrow.…https://www.youtube.com/embed/YgYoISR3_mo2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-19-examination-of-time/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tt3YciGacuw/hqdefault.jpgExamination of TimeWe live inside time without thinking about it. Yesterday is behind us, tomorrow ahead, and now is the thin edge between them, sliding forward. We picture…https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tt3YciGacuw2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-20-examination-of-combination/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/410YGEGzNnc/hqdefault.jpgExamination of CombinationA loaf of bread needs flour, water, yeast, an oven and a baker. No single one of them makes bread. Put them together, and bread comes out. So it seems…https://www.youtube.com/embed/410YGEGzNnc2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-21-examination-of-becoming-and-destruction/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F1KvqhlJZc0/hqdefault.jpgExamination of Becoming and DestructionA wave rises and falls. A candle is lit and goes out. A person is born and, one day, dies. We picture these as things that first come into being and later…https://www.youtube.com/embed/F1KvqhlJZc02026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-22-examination-of-the-tathagata/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0jlCZ9HP4gE/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the TathāgataIf anything is real, surely the Buddha is. Buddhists take refuge in him; the whole path aims at what he found. So it is natural to think that whatever…https://www.youtube.com/embed/0jlCZ9HP4gE2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-23-examination-of-errors/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-GkGXQXzwrs/hqdefault.jpgExamination of ErrorsSomeone praises you, and something warms. Someone insults you, and something hardens. A face looks beautiful, a smell disgusting, a loss unbearable. These…https://www.youtube.com/embed/-GkGXQXzwrs2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-24-examination-of-the-four-noble-truths/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6uz8LGq41Kk/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the Four Noble TruthsHere is the worry that anyone meeting emptiness has sooner or later. If nothing has a nature of its own, does anything matter? If suffering is empty, why…https://www.youtube.com/embed/6uz8LGq41Kk2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-25-examination-of-nirvana/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T4dd5mrXeQE/hqdefault.jpgExamination of NirvāṇaEvery spiritual path seems to promise a destination. Suffering now, freedom later; this world now, a better state beyond it. The Buddhist word for that…https://www.youtube.com/embed/T4dd5mrXeQE2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-26-examination-of-the-twelve-links/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k6QvjriJt0I/hqdefault.jpgExamination of the Twelve LinksWhy does suffering keep coming back? We get what we wanted and want something else. We lose what we loved and grieve. One life, the tradition says, leads…https://www.youtube.com/embed/k6QvjriJt0I2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-27-examination-of-views/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eYpKlAMIk_Q/hqdefault.jpgExamination of ViewsWas I someone before this life? Will I be someone after it? Has the world always existed, and will it ever end? These are some of the oldest questions…https://www.youtube.com/embed/eYpKlAMIk_Q2026-10-19 https://atr-passerby.com/how-to-read-the-four-books/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/bonus-articles/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/books/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/the-logical-necessity-of-a-substrateless-world/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/isn-t-energy-the-substrate/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OMphta1TVQU/hqdefault.jpgIsn't Energy the Substrate?Energy is conserved through every change. Is it the modern successor to substance?https://www.youtube.com/embed/OMphta1TVQU2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/insubstantial-appearances/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ogR7urDZCQE/hqdefault.jpgInsubstantial AppearancesTwo mirror-image mistakes about appearances, and four points that loosen both: things are vivid, workable and empty.https://www.youtube.com/embed/ogR7urDZCQE2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/one-flame-lights-another/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nq3aj8KYDSE/hqdefault.jpgOne Flame Lights AnotherKarma and rebirth without a traveler: how one life conditions the next with nothing carried and nothing cut off, read through the early discourses…https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nq3aj8KYDSE2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/the-transition-from-anatta-to-emptiness/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/the-observer-and-the-taste-of-presence/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/dependent-designation-and-the-taste-of-presence/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CWRqq0biY1k/hqdefault.jpgDependent Designation and the Taste of PresenceAn essay on the logic of dependence, from the chariot to the immediacy of appearing.https://www.youtube.com/embed/CWRqq0biY1k2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/two-modes-one-seeing/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qwInsm1shCA/hqdefault.jpgTwo Modes, One SeeingOn dependent arising, spontaneous presence, and the recognition that frees the mind from its own fixing.https://www.youtube.com/embed/qwInsm1shCA2026-10-31 https://atr-passerby.com/beyond-cause-and-effect/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Z3j5L_ITbw/hqdefault.jpgBeyond Cause and EffectWhy "beyond cause and effect" is not a way out of dependent arising, but the point where the question "what produces appearances?" has nothing left to…https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Z3j5L_ITbw2026-10-23 https://atr-passerby.com/vivid-and-nowhere-what-a-phenomenon-is/2026-11-11https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JuigRhfVuGo/hqdefault.jpgVivid and Nowhere: What a Phenomenon IsSolid, dreamlike or mathematical, every appearance is vivid and unfindable at once. Why that is not a paradox, and what changes when it is recognised.https://www.youtube.com/embed/JuigRhfVuGo2026-10-28 https://atr-passerby.com/nagarjuna-s-middle-way/2026-11-11 https://atr-passerby.com/john-tan-thusness/2026-11-11