Śūnyatā can't "arise", in a #Buddhist sense of being dependent on a condition, because śūnyatā occurs only when all conditions for sensory experience are absent (śūnya). It can't "cease" because there is no present (aśūnya) condition you can remove to make it stop.
This is why śūnyatā is an asaṃskṛta (unconditioned) dharma. A mental state that does not depend on the presence of conditions.
The first major wrong turn in #Buddhist #philosophy was treating śūnyatā qua the absence of sensory experience as "reality". This is what Nāgārjuna did. Madhyamaka might have applications as an approach to practice, but as philosophy... it stinks.
@jayarava
Took a course in Nagarjuna, have three three different translations, and still know less than when I started. 😉
@AndyLowry It's no better in Sanskrit. 🤣 He is the worst philosopher in history.
@AndyLowry Heh. 😈