Nagarjuna suggested we collapse the distinction between 'conventional' and 'ultimate' truth altogether. Ultimate truth can then be thought of simply as the negation of conventional truths. So "ultimate" is ultimately just as empty as the conventional. Nothing special about it.
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Dzogchen discourages attachment to emptiness, no?
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Agreed. To reify wisdom/emptiness into a "thing" is a grave error. And indeed, dzogchen emphasizes the inseparability of the two truths. There is no partiality towards emptiness, nor for form, nor for nirvana, nor against samsara.
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An apprehension of emptiness doesn't tell you anything about what consciousness is, or its relation to the physical world, for example (nor would knowing that alleviate suffering).
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Agree RE consciousness, the physical world, but gnosis of the nature of the causes of suffering can indeed alleviate suffering.
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