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(694) What is said from the substantial view-point appears, as a rule, unreal from the modal view-point. Similarly what is said from the modal view-point appears unreal from the substantial view-point.
(695) From the modal view-point, things necessarily originate and perish. But from the substantial view-point, there is neither origination nor destruction.
(696) From substantial point of view, everything is of the form of substance (always remaining the same), but from modal view-point every thing differs from time to time. From each particular stand-point, a thing appears to its corresponding form.
(697) The stand-point which gives secondary status to the modes and only grasps the substance, is called substantial viewpoint, while the opposite to it is called modal view-point.
(698) Naigam, sarngraha, vyavahāra, jusūtra, sabda, samabhirudha and evambhūta-these are the seven basic standpoints.
(699) The first three fall under the category of substantial view-point, while the remaining four come under the modal view-point. Among these seven, the first four give eminence to meaning, while the remaining three to the word.
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