dependent origination & non-substantiality versus the reifying quality of language

Judy Napangardi Watson

The Buddha taught that the nature of dependent origination is not extinguished or produced, it does not exist momentarily or eternally, it is not single or compound, it does not come and does not go; it transcends the vanity of words and is the ultimate bliss.

Nagarjuna, Mulamadhyamakakarika (The Middle Doctrine)