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Tattvārthasūtra
The transformations arising from the powers of form are not eternal; however, since they possess the trait of production and destruction, they are individually non-eternal, whereas the flow of functional modalities and the flow of forms are eternal due to their universal nature.
The unbroken community of infinite qualities is that very substance. Nevertheless, in ordinary consciousness, limited qualities such as the consciousness, bliss, conduct, and energy of the soul are conceived. Not all qualities are recognized. Similarly, in the case of matter (pudgala), only some qualities such as form, taste, smell, and touch are conceived, not all. This is because the various types of transformations of the soul or matter cannot be known without specific knowledge. Those transformations of which the constituent qualities can be known by ordinary consciousness are manageable. Therefore, they can be quantified. The qualities of the soul such as consciousness, bliss, conduct, and energy may be expressed in thought and speech; and the qualities of form in pudgala can also be expressed; the rest are inexpressible and can only be perceived through spiritual insight. - Each flow of transformations from the infinite universal qualities possesses a correspondent unique power (quality), and such communities of infinite powers are the substance; this statement is also context-dependent. From the perspective of non-difference, the transformations of the substance (paryaya) are their own qualities and are called substance-quality-transformational. Not all qualities in the substance are the same. Some are ordinary, meaning they are common to all substances, such as existence, location, and agency; while some are extraordinary.