Tattva Sangraha Vol 1

SR No.: 007608
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1937
Total Pages: 753
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 42 MB

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(B) MIMĀMSĀ DOCTRINE OF THE SELY.
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Serpent also. If it were subject to destruction (modification) every moment, then alone could it have another State; as the appearance of another State is always in the form of the appearance of another character':-(274)
It has been argued (under Tect 229) that The conception of 1 in the notion I lonow apprehends the Cogniser" ;-the following Text proceeds to show that this is unproven' (not admitted by all parties) :
TEXT (275).
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE' NOTION OF I' COMES ABOUT WITHOUT A REAL BASIS, THROUGH THE FORCE OF THE BEGINNINGLESS SEED OF THE VISION OF BEING, AND THAT ALSO ONLY
IN SOME PLACES.—(275)
COMMENTARY
The said I notion has no real background, by virtue of which the Cogniser' could form its object.
"It that is so, then what is the cause of its origin ?
The answer is that-Il proceeds from Une beginningless, elc. etc. Vision of Being' is the vision of the existing body :-the seed' of this vision is the Potency of Dispositions; and this seed' is beginningless ;-and it is through the force of this that 'l-consciousness' is brought about and that also only in some places,-i.e. only in the internal economy of the Sextuple Body.-(275)
Question.— "Why does not the * I-notion' come about everywhere ?" The Answer is supplied in the following: -
TEXT (276).
IT IS ONLY SOME (NOT ALL) IMPRESSIONS THAT SECURE THE REQUISITE POTENOY FOR BRINGING ABOUT THE SAID NOTION APPREHENDING THAT PARTICULAR FORM; HENCE IT DOES NOT APPEAR
EVERYWHERE.—(276)
COMMENTARY
The said notion, etc.,-i.e. the 'I-notion, apprehending the form of the Oogmiser, as existing through the preceding and succeeding points of time * Not suerywhere, -i.e. in other chains', like those of the Jar and other things.-(276)