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The Jaina world of Non-living
are destroyed simultaneously, how there can be growth in sprouts ? It is not possible that entities undergoing destruction may cause growth in others also undergoing the same process. If they are destroyed successively, what the other factors will do for the destroyed sprout at the moment? Or what the destroyed factors will do for the growth or sprouts ?
In case of polyviewists, the sprout and other growth factors are substantively always existent and modally always momentary. Thus, there can always be growth of sprouts from seeds.
16. Q. The Buddhists point out that there can be growth of sprouts due to different types of successions or non-interruptions even under the postulate of momentariness of entities. In fact, there are three types of successions - (i) by parts (ii) by order and (iii) irregular. The continuity of burning a lamp through another lamp is an example of succession by parts. This is like flow of water from one point to another point. This succession is based on similarity. The succession by order is illustrated by the examples of continued or non-interrupted states of childhood and youth etc. or seed and sprout etc. In these cases, the same species is transformed into different modifications continuously in order. The different types of clouds and rainbows and the variety of colour on the body of cocks and lizards represent the irregular succession. These successions result in growth.
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This is not correct. The succession cannot be there under the concept of momentariness. It may be asked whether succession could be there between two (i) existent entities (ii) existent-cum-non-existent entities or (iii) non-existent entities. There cannot be any succession between the non-existent entities like that between the son of a barren lady and the sky-flower. There can also not be any succession of existent-cum-non-existent entities like ass and ass's horns. Hence, by remainder, there can be a succession between the existent entities only. Under the concept of momentariness, the successive entities cannot be existent at the
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