Prasangika; 中觀應成派; Tibetan: ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ (talgyur); Wylie: thal ‘gyur; Sanskrit: Prāsaṅgika;
Prasangika is a sub-school of Madhyamaka (Middle way) Buddhism philosophy that avoids asserting autonomous reasoning, instead using consequences to refute opponents’ views. It emphasizes dependent origination and is considered the highest view in Tibetan Buddhism.
中觀應成派是大乘佛教中觀學派之下的主要支派,由佛護、月稱建立,寂天繼承,經阿底峽傳入西藏,為格魯派的中心宗義,中觀派的主流,應成派不主張自主推理,而是通過歸謬法反駁對方觀點,強調緣起性空,被視為藏傳佛教中的最高見地。