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## Samantabhadra-Bharati
[ Chapter 3 (O Arhan Bhagavan, the leader of Syadvada-Nyaya) ]
In your opinion, the true nature of all beings (including souls) is in some way eternal; because it is recognized - it is the same as what was seen before. This oneness of perception in the past, present, and future proves its eternality. And this recognition is not sudden, without any cause, and illusory; because it is experienced without any interruption, in an uninterrupted form. (If it is considered to be an obstacle to direct perception, then it is not correct, because the object of direct perception is the present, changing reality, and therefore it does not become a factor in the perception of oneness, which encompasses past and future changes. What is not its object, has no obstacle or supporter, like the knowledge of the eye in the knowledge of the ear.)
And in your opinion, the true nature is in some way momentary, impermanent; because it is found to change with the difference of time. The object changes from moment to moment, which are in some way different from each other. Even with this change of transformations and the continuous production and destruction of the object from moment to moment, the object never perishes due to its inherent qualities. From this perspective of transformations, the object is in some way momentary - not completely momentary. If the object is considered completely momentary and completely eternal, then the flow of knowledge will not be possible, this will be a flaw. The flow of knowledge is evident only in the acceptance of Anekanta.
Production and destruction are not of the general, but of the particular. The general does not arise, nor does it perish, because of the association with the particular. The particular arises and perishes, because it is associated with the general. (57)
(O Bhagavan!) In your opinion, the general form - all...