Nāgārjuna - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

This thinker dissented against the theory of primary and secondary existents popular before his time, arguing that the chain of dependent origination lacked an endpoint. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this ancient Buddhist thinker who systematized the two truths doctrine, which contrasts the “provisional” truth of our daily experience with a reality devoid of inherent qualities.

ANSWER: Nāgārjuna

[10e] Nāgārjuna’s two truths doctrine elaborates on this concept, the ultimate truth of reality. Buddhism uses a wheel to illustrate this concept, which names a group of religions including Buddhism and Hinduism.

ANSWER: dharma [or dhamma; accept Dharmic religions]

[10h] Nāgārjuna founded this philosophical tradition with his text of verses on the “Middle Way.” This tradition utilizes the “four corners” system to argue that dharmas lack essence and thus are “empty,” or Śūnyatā.

ANSWER: Madhyamaka

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	23.33	100%	67%	67%
Canada	Main Site	Y	10	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	8.89	67%	22%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	16.25	88%	38%	38%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	16.00	80%	40%	40%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	12.86	86%	29%	14%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	13.75	75%	50%	13%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	67%	33%	33%

Data


Stanford A	Berkeley B	10	10	10	30
Berkeley A	Berkeley C	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley D	0	10	0	10
McMaster A	McGill B	0	10	0	10
McGill A	McMaster B	10	10	0	20
Simon Fraser	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	Toronto G	10	10	0	20
Waterloo A	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
Carleton University	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Western C	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
UBC A	Guelph	10	10	10	30
UBC B	Toronto D	10	10	0	20
Waterloo B	Western A	0	10	0	10
Central Florida C	Central Florida A	0	10	0	10
Central Florida B	Florida B	0	0	0	0
Florida C	Florida A	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	Michigan State	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Ohio State C	0	10	0	10
North Carolina B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
Duke	North Carolina C	0	0	0	0
North Carolina A	VCU	0	10	0	10
Virginia	South Carolina A	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	Wake Forest	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	William and Mary	0	0	0	0
South Carolina B	NC State A	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech A	James Madison B	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Chicago C	10	10	10	30
Chicago D	Indiana C	0	10	0	10
Chicago E	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern C	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern D	Purdue A	0	0	0	0
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	Notre Dame B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	NC State B	10	10	0	20
Brown	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20
Brandeis A	Bowdoin B	10	10	0	20
Dartmouth B	Brandeis B	0	10	0	10
MIT	Dartmouth A	10	10	10	30
Yale	Harvard A	0	0	0	0
Claremont	Carleton College	0	10	0	10
Minnesota A	Missouri B	10	10	10	30
Washington A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	Washington B	10	10	0	20
Murray State A	Texas A&M A	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Texas A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Bruin	Georgia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	WashU A	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Mississipi State	WashU B	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Alabama B	Vanderbilt B	0	0	0	0
Warwick A	Cardiff	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Birmingham	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Manchester	10	10	0	20
Montpellier	Southampton B	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Oxford C	10	10	0	20
Imperial B	Warwick B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown	Catholic	0	10	0	10
Penn State	Cornell A	10	10	10	30
Cornell B	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins A	John Jay	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	Maryland B	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins B	Rutgers B	0	0	0	0
Vassar	Maryland C	0	0	0	0
Columbia A	NYU A	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Swarthmore	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A	Columbia C	10	10	10	30