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annihilator of the ceaseless flow of consciousness. Because the creation of flow, an imaginary phenomenon, is not possible, hence the idea, of creator annihilating the flow, is untenable.
na ca kṣaṇaviseșasya tenaiva vyabhaicāritaḥ. tathā ca so'pyupādāna bhāvena janako mataḥ.
It is not worthwhile to uphold that creator of a matter is its annihilator. Buddhists maintain that decaying matter is the auxiliary cause of the succeeding one, then there is inherent contradiction, i. e., in this case one is forced to be the annihilator of its own.
tasyāpi himsakatvena na kaścitsyādahiṁsakaḥ. janakatvāviseșeņa naivaṁ tadviratiḥ kvacit.
If we consider every matter as innate annihilator, owing to its being a creator, then the Buddha itself will cease to be non-violent and this ( concept ), in turn, will prove unending violence.
upanyāsasca śāstre'syāḥ kṛto yatnena cintyatām. visayo'sya yamāsādya hantaişa saphalo bhavet.
But non-violence is already preached in Buddhist's canons. Thus, Buddhists must think over, in such a way as to substantiate that mention.
abhāve'syā na yujyante satyādinyapi tattvataḥ. asyā samraksaņārthaṁ tu yadetāni munirjagau.
Again, in the absence of non-violence, the notion of truth etc. will also cease to exist, because these ( truth etc. ) are meant for strengthening the non-violence.
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