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## The Refutation of Momentarism by Its Own Logic:
**(649)** Even in the present moment, it does not remain as it is, and the momentarists who claim this, their father's existence would not remain! So, from where would their argument arise? Those who believe in the absence of the soul in the previous and subsequent moments, their momentarism cannot stand even for a moment.
To counter the objection, it is said:
"It is not the same, just as it is not otherwise. It is contradictory by its own logic, because of its origin and so on." (194)
**Meaning:** "It is not the same" - this is contradictory to "it is otherwise", just as it is contradictory by its own logic, because of its origin and so on.
**Analysis:** "It is the same" - this indicates the state of being. "It is not" - this indicates the state of non-being. Therefore, "it is not the same" is contradictory to "it is otherwise". It is contradictory by its own logic, because the momentarists say, "It is otherwise - it is not otherwise - it becomes", and they say, "How can it be otherwise, if it is otherwise? How can it be?" And this logic is the same in "it is not the same". It is contradictory in this way - if it is the same, how can it "be not"? How can it not be? And if it "is" - it is not, how can it "be"? This is contradictory. Because of the absence of origin and so on, it is contradictory in this way.
**Explanation:** "It is the same" - this is the indication of the state of being, and "it is not" - this is the indication of the state of non-being. "It is otherwise" - this is the indication of the state of being otherwise. It is contradictory, it is refuted, by its own logic, because it says, "How can it be otherwise? If it is otherwise, then how can it be?" And this "it is not the same" - here also, it is the same. It is contradictory in this way - if it is the same, how can it "be not"? How can it not be, because of the absence of being? It is contradictory in this way.
The commentary says: "Because of its origin and so on, because of the absence of origin and so on, it is contradictory in this way."