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## Samantabhadra-Bharati
## Chapter [4
It is not correct to state that the principle of distinctness is absolute. This is because there are two types of non-differentiation: one is scriptural and the other is worldly. The scriptural non-differentiation of cause and effect, etc., is not valid. From the perspective of scripture, the cloth, etc., as an effect, has its own cause, the group of threads, and the threads have their own cause, cotton, etc. In this way, everything is differentiated from its own cause and effect. The worldly non-differentiation of space, soul, etc., is flawed because it leads to contradiction. Even though space and soul, etc., do not have distinct locations from the perspective of the worldly, they are not identical.
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## Flaws in the aforementioned principle of distinctness
If one thing has multiple functions, it is not due to the absence of parts, nor is it due to the presence of multiple parts. If it is due to the presence of parts, then its oneness is not established. This is a flaw in the function, as it is not appropriate. || 62 ||
(If, according to the Vaisheshika school of thought, cause and effect, quality and qualified, and universal and particular are considered to be completely distinct from each other, then) the function of one - the cloth, etc., as an effect, in the form of its constituent parts, in the many - the cause, etc. - does not arise. This is because the absence of parts in that one thing implies that it is without parts, while it should have parts. Otherwise, the contradiction between cause and effect, etc., will arise in the same way as the contradiction between the non-cause and effect relationship of the thread and the pot, and the clay and the pot. If the function of one (constituent parts, etc.) is considered to be based on the parts, then the oneness of that one thing is not established. It becomes divided and transformed into many forms. Besides this, the question arises: does the function of one in many occur with respect to the characteristics of the thread, etc., as a basis, in a single location, or in a universal way? It does not occur in a single location, because the cloth, etc., as an effect, is without a specific location, and therefore the thread...