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CHAPTER XXII.
Lokāyata—Materialism
COMMENTARY.
[In the Introductory Text, 4] the Truth has been spoken of as 'without beginning, without end'.-The Author proceeds to set forth arguments in support of this view, starting with the criticism that has been urged against it :
TEXT (1857).
“ IF THERE IS NO ENTITY THAT HAS CONTINUITY OF EXISTENCE, THEN THERE CAN BE NO OTHER WORLD', BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING THAT COULD BELONG TO THE
OTHER WORLD'."-(1857)
COMMENTARY.
No entity'-like the Soul, etc.-The Soul' has been already rejected ; hence it cannot be continuous!, simply because it does not exist at all ; as for the Cognition and other entities, they are all momentary, and it has been proved in the Chapter on The Three Points of Time' that there can be no continuity of these.-(1857)
The answer to
The Body, etc. might appertain to the other world. that is as follows:
TEXTS (1858-1859).
* THE BODY, THE COGNITION, THE SENSE-ORGANS AND THE REST BEING
DESTROYED EVERY MOMENT, THEY COULD NOT PERTAIN TO THE OTHER WORLD; AND THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAT IS ADMITTED (BY YOU, BUDDHISTS). HENCE CONSCIOUSNESS MUST BE REGARDED AS PRODUCED FROM, OR MANIFESTED BY, CERTAIN MATERIAL SUBSTANCES, JUST LIKE FERMENTED ACIDS, LIQUORS AND SUCH THINGS."
(1858-1859)
COMMENTARY.
The term and the rest includes Feeling (Vedanā) Name-concepton (Sanjña) and Mental Faculties (Samskära).