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Astinasti Vada wish of the owner. But neither the skill of the goldsmith nor the desire of the owner can altogether destroy the substance, gold. It is indestructible and permanent and therefore it must be des cribed as Nitya. Therefore, from the nature of the underlying substance the thing must be described as Nitya and from the point of view of the particular mode or shape it is given to, it must be described as Anitya. Thus, the two attributes Nitya and Aniiya can be intelligently predicated of the same object of reality as was shown above.
Matler S. Form:--
This point of view will become much clearer when we attend to the nature of organic things, the tree or an animal. The life history of a tree may be said to begin with the seed, and at every stage of its growth there is a coniesponding change in its structure. From the seed to the sprout, from the sprout to a little plant, from the little plant to a growin: tree; and at every stage there is a change of structure and also change of function of the particutar parts. Here you have it instance of continuous change in the same identical organism which must be considered to be unchanging and permant'nt. A margosa scerl can grow into a margosa tree marking out all the changes in its growth but at no point in its life history could it change so fundamentally as to become a inzago tree. A mango seed can grow to a mango tree and a margosa seed can grow int a margosat Each one has its own permanent nature marked by its different stages of growth which are distinctly impe:manent. Thus, if for example the margosa declines to grow turther, will not shoot forth new sprouts; will not shed away the old leaves, it will be an alic.api tu secure permanency for that stage in the history of the plant; l,ut this attempt to secure permanency must end in death because a growing organism, if it attempts to crystallize itself at that particular stage, it will only seek its own death warrant. Thus organic growth must necessarily imply change at every stage different from the previous stage and different form the next stage and at the same time secure a permanent identity. Nature cannot be transcended during the growth of the organism. Here you have in the life history of an organic, say a tree, both identity and difference, Bheda and Abheda,
