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EXAMINATION OF THE CATEGORY OF ACTION'.
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TEXTS (696-697).
IT IS ONLY WHEN THERE IS SEPARATION FROM THE POSTERIOR SPOT, AND
CONTAOT WITH THE FRONTAL SPOT, THAT THE OBJECT MAY BE ASSUMED TO BE GOING' (' IN MOTION'), OR TO BE THE SUBSTRATUM OF ANY OTHER ACTION. WHEN THE MOBILE PERSON DOES NOT LAST EVEN FOR A MOMENT, -- EVEN THOUGH SUCH A PERSON BE EXTREMELY SMALL, THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF PASSING OVER TO ANOTHER SPOT REMOVED BY THA MINUTEST
POINT.-(696-697)
COMMENTARY.
When it is possible for an object to become separated from the place behind it, and to come into contact with the place before it, then it can be said to be going'; or for another thing, to be the substratum of such actions as Expanding and the rest ; all this cannot be said in regard to any other things - such as Aleasha.-The object that lasts only for one moment however cannot be so long as to admit of its abandoning the place behind it and then passing over to that before it; because at the moment of ita existence itself it is within the clutches of disappearance (destruction); and as such it is unable to pass over to the other place.-Hence no Action is possible even at the time of the birth (of the object). Nor is it possible at either of the two ends; because at the time in question, this cannot be determined. Thme thon, as regards the object which does not last even for a single moment, the possibility of its passing over to a remote place may rest awhile; it is not possible for it to pass over even the minutest space. Under the cireumstances, how can there be any Action in what is momentary 1-(696-697)
Nor can there be Action in a non-momentary object;this is what is shown in the following
TEXT (698). IN CASE THE OBJECT IS SOMETHING lasting, 'GOING' AND THE REST ARE ALL IMPOSSIBLE; BECAUSE SUCH AN OBJECT SHOULD REMAIN
THE SAME UNDER ALL CONDITIONS.-(698)
COMMENTARY. That objoet is said to honon-momentary' which remains in the same form always; it is all the more impossiblo for any Action to appear in such an object; as, like Akasha, it remains always in the same condition. This argument mny bo this formulated :If an object romains always the same, it can have no Action, as in the case of Alaska ;-the object regarded as non-momentary is always of the same condition - hence thore is appre
