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EXAMINATION OF BĀMĀNYA', THE UNIVERSAL.
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cooking has ceased, the permanent basis of it (in the shape of the Universal) is always there, and from that there arises the idea of the Cook" -This view is anticipated in the following
TEXT (755).
IF THE IDEA BE SAID TO BE DUE TO TRE PRESENCE OF THE ACT RELATED TO THE UNIVERSAL ' Action, --AND THIS PERMANENT BASIS IS ALWAYS INDICATED BY IT EVEN WHEN THE PARTICULAR ACT HAS CEASED,—then, the answer is as
given in the following Text].—(755)
COMMENTARY.
By it',-i.e. by the action. * Permanent basis', -in the shape of the Universal' Action.-(755)
The answer to this is given in the following
TEXT (756).
WHEN THE PARTICULAR ACT HAS CEASED, THE PERMANENT UNIVERSAL, EVEN THOUGH INDICATED, CANNOT REALLY EXIST; FOR THE SIMPLE REASON TRAT TTS RECEPTACLE HAS CEASED TO
EXIST.-756)
COMMENTARY.
* Its receptacle',-i.e. the receptacle of the Universal; i.e. the particular act.
As a matter of fact, the Universal' cannot be perceived,- or even exist, by itself, apart from its receptacle ; otherwise it would have to be regarded as baseless.-(756)
The following argument might be urged :-"When once the Universal has been indicated and perceived, even if its receptacle, in the shape of the particular act, ceases, the Idea based upon it still continues ".
The answer to this argument is as follows:
