Nagarjuna

Apply philosophical insight to lived experience; wisdom is meant to transform conduct, not merely produce abstract theories.

Seek liberation through understanding the causes of bondage, especially ignorance and attachment.

Live with openness to paradox and complexity, since reality cannot always be captured by rigid logic or binary thinking.

Treat language as a useful tool, but do not mistake words and concepts for reality itself.

Avoid reification: do not turn processes, relations, or labels into permanent things.

Be humble about what can be known; reality exceeds simplistic language and conceptual categories.

See that suffering is sustained by grasping and conceptual proliferation, and reduce suffering by loosening that grasping.

Cultivate compassion alongside wisdom; insight into emptiness should support kindness, not indifference.

Let go of attachment to identity, possessions, status, and even philosophical doctrines, since clinging creates suffering.

Distinguish conventional truth from ultimate truth, and live skillfully in both without confusing them.

Recognize emptiness as the absence of inherent essence, not as nothingness; this insight should deepen wisdom, not lead to despair.

Use reason and careful analysis to test beliefs, rather than accepting claims through habit, authority, or emotional attachment.

Understand that all things arise dependently; nothing exists independently or by its own self-nature.

Practice the Middle Way: avoid the extremes of eternalism and nihilism, and seek a balanced understanding of reality.

Do not cling to fixed views; examine all positions, including your own, and recognize that many apparent opposites are empty of inherent existence.