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## Description of the Six Substances and Five Astikayas
The attainment of knowledge of 'being' (sat) is like the attainment of knowledge of 'thatness'. And that (being) is 'all-world-formed' because it exists with all world-forms, i.e., with the unique natures of all the expanse of things. And that (being) is 'infinite-category-formed' because it is pervaded by infinite categories of substances with three characteristics. (Thus, the description of general-particular being has been given in relation to its general aspect, i.e., in relation to the form of great being.)
Even though it is like this, it is not truly unopposed but is opposed. (1) Being is opposed by non-being, (2) the three characteristics are opposed by the non-three-characteristic nature, (3) the one is opposed by the many, (4) the all-substance-located is opposed by the one-substance-located nature, (5) the all-world-formed is opposed by the one-formed nature, (6) the infinite-category-formed is opposed by the one-category-formed nature.
(The above-mentioned opposed nature is explained clearly:-) Being is of two types - great being and intermediate being. Among them, the great being (general being), which indicates the existence of similarity in the group of all substances, has already been mentioned. The other is the intermediate being (particular being), which indicates the nature-existence in a definite (one-one definite) thing. (9) There, great being is non-being in the form of intermediate being, and intermediate being is non-being in the form of great being, therefore being is non-being (i.e., the general-particular being, being 'being' due to being in the form of great being, is also 'non-being' due to being in the form of intermediate being). (2) The production of that (that nature) in that way is one characteristic, the destruction of that (that nature) in that way is one characteristic, and the permanence of that (that nature) in that way is one characteristic, therefore each of the natures of a thing that is produced, destroyed, and permanent is devoid of the three characteristics, therefore the three-characteristic (being) is non-characteristic (i.e., the general-particular being, being 'three-characteristic' due to being in the form of great being, is also 'non-three-characteristic' due to being in the form of intermediate being mentioned here). (3) The nature-being of one thing is not the nature-being of another thing, therefore the one (being) is many (i.e., the general-particular being, being 'one' due to being in the form of great being, is also 'many' due to being in the form of intermediate being mentioned here). (4) The definiteness (different definite individuality) of substances is due to the beings located in definite (individual definite) substances, therefore the all-substance-located (being) is one-substance-located (i.e., the general-particular being, being 'all-substance-located' due to being in the form of great being, is also 'one-substance-located' due to being in the form of intermediate being mentioned here). (5) The definite one-one form of things is due to the beings with definite one-one forms, therefore the all-world-formed (being) is one-formed (i.e., the general-particular being, being 'all-world-formed' due to being in the form of great being, is also 'one-formed' due to being in the form of intermediate being mentioned here).