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Reats in the Faina Metaphysics So, this second proposition does not contradict the first proposition about the Arhat. The second predication is not redundant either, dealing as it does, with a new aspect of the Arhat's character, in a negative manner. THE THIRD BHANGA
3. The third mode of predication is that the Arhat is the deliverer and then, he is not the deliverer. Here the two former predications are made about the Arhat, one after the other. One may think that this third predication reveals nothing new about the Arhat, it merely re-states the former two propositions or rather the above two attributes or characteristics of the Arhat. It should be observed however, that a summation or totality has a novelty of its own. Sounds, each of which is distinct and different from the other, make up a song; a picture, parts of which are coloured in different ways is not a mere juxtaposition of those parts; it is more, as one object, perceived and enjoyed as such; so is a garden,--not a mere arithmetical sum-total of the trees, the creepers, the tanks and the passages in it but an ordered whole in which the constituents are complementary to each other. Take the case of England's deliverer fighter, Nelson. At a certain stage of the battle of Trafalgar, he charged with all his force; at another stage, he did not fight, remained quiscent, and allowed the enemy to proceed. Nelson was a fighter, this is a true statement about him. He was not a fighter, this is also true. The third statement, Nelson was a fighter, and was not a fighter, is also true. It is however, not a mere re-statement of the former two propositions. It points to a new side of Nelson's character, showing how he was a consummate and skilful fighter, knowing when to strike and when, not. In the case of the Arhat, we may say that the third proposition shows a new side of his character as a deliverer. People wanting redress from worldly needs and privations in the form of acquisitions of wealth, fame and other worldly enjoyments must seek worldly deliverers; the Arhat is not their deliverer. Again, the Arhat does not deliver people by actively work
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