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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXII,
TEXTS (1948-1953).
AS A MATTER OF FACT, ALL THESE FEELINGS Or Love, HATRED AND THE
REST BECOME STRONG THROUGH HABIT AND REPETITION-AS HAS BEEN ASCERTAINED BY POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONCOMITANCE. THESE FEELINGS, APPEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME (IN THE CHILD), ARE ENTIRELY DEVOID OF ANY HABIT AND REPETITION DURING THE PRESENT LIFE; WHAT THEN IS THE CAUSE OF THEIR APPEARANCE, IF THERE IS NO OTHER LIFE?_THEIR APPEARANCE CANNOT BE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THEIR (EXTERNAL) EXCITANTS; BECAUSE EVEN WHEN THESE EXCITANTS ARE PRESENT, THE FEELINGS IN QUESTION DO NOT APPEAR, IF THERE IS DISGUST; AND WHEN THIS DISGUST CEASES, THEY ARE FOUND TO BE STRONG, EVEN IN CONNECTION WITH PAST AND FUTURE THINGS, WHEN THE COUNTERFEELINGS APPEAR IN INTENSIFIED FORM.-THE FEELINGS OF LOVE, HATRED AND THE REST ARE FOUND TO PROCEED IN REGARD TO WOMEN AND OTHER THINGS, WHEN THE MAN ATTRIBUTES TO THEM GOODNESS, DEVOTED. NESS AND CONSTANCY AND SO FORTH ; EVEN THOUGH THESE QUALITIES MAY NOT BE ACTUALLY THERE.-FOR THESE REASONS, THESE FEELINGS APPEARING IN THIS LIFE MUST BE REGARDED AS APPEARING, WITHOUT THE EXCITANTS BEING ACTUALLY PRESENT, THROUGH THE FORCE OF THE HABITUAL APPEARANCE OF SIMILAR YBELINGS IN THE PAST, BECAUSE THEY ARE VEELINGS OF LOVE, ETC., LIKE THESE SANE FEELINGS APPEARING SUBSEQUENTLY.—1948-1953)
COMMENTARY.
The argument may be thus formulated :--Tho strongth of the feelings of Love, Hatred, Jealousy, Haughtiness oud Pride, etc., -as also Wisdom, Compassion, Sympathy and so forth-is due to habitual practice ; just as during the present life, it is found in non possessed of the varying degreos of these feelings ;-during the present life, there is in the Body, etc, of man, a degree of strength of the feelings, which is not due to any such practice during the present lifo ;- this is a Reason based upon the relation of CAUSO and effect. As all such relations of cause and effect are determinel by positive and negative concomitance, the Reason cannot be said to be
inadmissible':- This is what is meant by the words Ascertained by positive, etc. etc..
It cannot be urged that the Reason is contradictory', as cited in proof of the fact of the feelings due to habitual repetition during other lives ".