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Āptamīmāṁsā
In the absolutist view, division of activities into virtuous and wicked is unsustainable:
कुशलाकुशलं कर्म परलोकश्च न क्वचित् । एकान्तग्रहरक्तेषु नाथ स्वपरवैरिषु ॥८॥
सामान्यार्थ - हे भगवन् ! जो वस्तु के अनन्त धर्मों में से किसी एक ही धर्म को स्वीकारते हैं ऐसे एकान्त-रूप ग्रह के रंग में रंगे ( वशीभूत) लोग अपने भी शत्रु हैं और दूसरे के भी शत्रु हैं। उनके यहाँ शुभ-कर्म एवं अशुभ कर्म तथा परलोक आदि कुछ भी नहीं बनता है।
O Lord! Those saturated with prejudice to their own absolutist views (such as describing a substance absolutely permanent or absolutely transient) harm themselves as well as others. Such absolutist, standalone and non-equivocal views fail to establish the existence of virtuous (śubha) and wicked (aśubha) activities (karma) and consequently of things like rebirth (acquisition of another abode after death-paraloka).
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Acārya Samantabhadra's Svayambhūstotra:
य एव नित्यक्षणिकादयो नया मिथोऽनपेक्षाः स्वपरप्रणाशिनः । त एव तत्त्वं विमलस्य ते मुनेः परस्परेक्षाः स्वपरोपकारिणः ॥
(13-1-61)
O Unblemished Lord Vimalanatha ! Those who hold the one-sided, standalone points of view such as describing a substance absolutely permanent (nitya) or transient (kşanika), harm themselves and others, but, as you had proclaimed, when the assertions are understood to have been made only from certain standpoints, these reveal the
