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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TATTVASANGRAHA : CHAPTER VIII.
If a certain thing being independent in regard to a certain condition, were to be in this condition only at a certain time and place, then, as depen. dent upon that time and place, it would not be independent' at all. How then is there any 'inconclusiveness in our Reason? For instance, if a certain condition were to be present only at a certain time and place, and never apart from these,-then, how could it be regarded as 'independent? As such oxistence itself would constitute its dependence'; which term cannot stand for desire, for the simple reason that the thing is devoid of all 'inten. tion'.- (356)
"It then what is meant to be the reason is the fact of its being entirely independent, then such a Reason is not proven', 'not admitted '; for instance, some things aro dependent, for their destruction, upon such causes as the stroke of a Bludgeon-as in the case of things like the Jar. Even those things which, like Cognition, Words, and the like,-are known to be 'independent', -though they do not depend. for their destruction, on any such cause as the stroke of a Bludgeon, yet they do depend upon the peculiarities of time and place. Thus the Reason, as put forward by the Buddhist, is entirely unproven'."
The answer to tluis is provided in the following
TEXT (357) ALL produced things ARE ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE INDEPENDENT IN REGARD TO THEIR DESTRUCTION; AS IN THIS MATTER, ALL CAUSES OF DESTEUO
TION ARE ENTIRELY INEFFICACIOUS.-(357)
COMMENTARY. Aluays and everywhere',-i.e. at all times and places, the produced things are independent of the cause of their destruction, because those that are not accepted as the cause of the destruction are inefficacious,-i.e. of no use; and there can be no dependence' upon what is of no use, it renders no help;-as if there were, then it would lead to an absurdity--(357)
The following Text shows why they are inefficacious :
TEXT (358) FOR INSTANCE, THE DESTRUCTIVE CAUSE CANNOT BH RIGHTLY REGARDED AS THE BRINGER ABOUT OF A
DESTRUCTION' WHION IS NOT DIFFERENT FROM THE THING ITSELF; AS THE POSITIVE THING IS PRODUCED FROM ITS OWN CAUSE.-(358)
COMMENTARY. When the destruction is brought abont--isit an entity or a non-entity - if it is an entity, then it must be brought about by the Cause of Destruction's