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EXAMINATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF TRAIKĀLYA'.
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From all this it follows that if there is difference, then there can be no relationship.
Further, if it be held that the said ' Peculiarity' did not exist before, then it would mean the acceptance of the view that the effect has been nonexistent (which is inconsistent with the opponent's doctrines).
Similarly, if Decay brings about a reversal of character, and if Existence brings about stability, and if Non-eternality brings about destruction, then the question regarding these- Reversal', etc. being different or nondifferent, will arise, as it arose in connection with Birth; and all the objections then urged would be applicable in the case of these also.(1822-1828)
TEXTS (1829-1830) THESE, BIRTH' AND THE REST, ARE PRODUCTIVE OF THEIR EFFECTS,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIMITATIONS OF THEIR NATURE ; AND THIS CAPACITY OF THEIRS IS THERE BEFORE AS WELL AS AFTER; THIS POTENT FORM THUS BEING THERE AT ALL TIMES, WHY SHOULD THEY NOT PROCEED WITH THE ACTIVITY IN KEEPING WITH THEIR NATURE? AT THE STARTING OF SUCK ACTIVITY THERE CAN BE NO LIMITATION ON THE STATES',
(1829-1830)
COMMENTARY. Then again, the capacity of Birth' and the rest to produce their effects is limited to their respective capacity; and this capacity of theirs is there at all times; hence they should produce their effects at all times. It cannot be urged that there is absence of the Causal Factor (which prevents the production). Because the Causal Factor also is there at all times. Thus then, as Birth and the rest would be producing their effocts in the past' and future states also one and the same state should include all the States, of which thus there need be no division.-(1829-1830)
TEXTS (1831-1832). FURTHER, WOULD THE PAST AND OTHER ENTITIES BE MOMENTARY,
OR NOT?-IP THE FORMER, THEN THERE IS THE SAME ABSENCE OF RESTRICTION. THE MOMENT THAT IS BORN BECOMES THE "PRESENT', THAT WHICH, ON BEING BORN, BECOMES DESTROYED, BECOMES THE PAST',AND THAT WHICH IS YET TO BE BORN BECOMES THE FUTURE':-(1831-1832)
COMMENTARY. Again, are the Past, Present and Future things momentary or not? These are the two alternatives. If the former, if they are momentary