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## Samantabhadra-Bharati
[Chapter 3]
**Verse 40:**
"In the extreme view of eternalism, there is no action of merit or demerit, no action of mind, speech, or body, no good or bad tendencies, no creation or destruction. Without action, there is no afterlife, and without an afterlife, how can there be any fruit? And without fruit, there is no bondage or liberation. So, in the extreme view of eternalism, who would be worthy of respect, and for what reason? There is no attraction or cause for any examiner to have a respectful attitude towards it."
**Verse 41:**
"(Having seen the flaws in the extreme view of eternalism), if one takes the side of the extreme view of momentariness - relying on the Buddhists' extreme view of complete impermanence, saying that all things are destroyed moment by moment, and nothing is permanent - even then, the afterlife, bondage, liberation, and so on, are impossible. (Furthermore, knowledge like recognition, remembrance, and inference are also impossible.) Without knowledge like recognition, the beginning of action is impossible, and without the beginning of action, how can there be any fruit (in the form of happiness, suffering, merit, or demerit)?"