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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXII.
TEXT (1863).
"THE DYING CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE MAN BESET WITH AFFECTIONS
CANNOT BRING ABOUT THE CONTIGUITY OF ANOTHER MINI) (OR CONSCIOUSNESS),-BECAUSE IT IS DYING CONSCIOUSNESS. JUST LIKE THE DYING CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PERSON FREE FROM THE 'AFFLICTIONS' (PASSIONS
AND IMPURITIES)".-(1863)
COMMENTARY.
"The Dying Consciousness cannot bring about another Consciousness, because it is Dying Consciousness—like the dying Consciousness of the * Arhat', (the Person free from the Afflictions (of Passions, etc.)" -(1863)
Question - How then does the Consciousness (Mind) come about ? Answer:
TEXT (1864).
“ FROM THIS IT FOLLOWS THAT THE RIGHT VIEW IS THAT CONSCIOUSNESS PROCEEDS FROM THE BODY ITSELF WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH
THE FIVE LIFE-BREATHS-Präna, Apāna AND THE REST-AS HAS BEEN DECLARED BY Kambalāsh.
vatara."-(1864)
COMMENTARY.
The Satra is-"It is from the Body itself, etc."—which has been pronounced by Kambalāshvatara.-(1864)
An objection is raisedEven before the Body has been completely formed, and while it still exists only in the form of the foetus, etc., -Consciousness is already there, though in latent condition ; and this Consciousness is known as being produced by the Consciousness in the past body; then how can it be asserted that it proceeds from the Body itself only ?
The answer to this is as follows:
