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" THE REVEALED WORD."
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is called Conscious Destruction'; while that which is not intentional, is Unconscious Destruction'; such is the scheme of the Buddhists.
Tagãm of things like the Jar. * Tau cha'i.e. the Conscious and Unconscious Destructions. Uncaused also; - also includes 'non-eternal'.-(2322-2324)
How these two Destructions are 'uncaused' and eternal and how thoy subsist in the Probans,is pointed out in the following Texts, from the point of view of the Opponent (Bauldha) :
TEXTS (2325-2328). "THEY DECLARE THAT DESTRUCTION' IS BROUGHT ABOUT BY ITSELF,
AND IS without cause ... WHEN FUEL COMES INTO CONTACT WITH FIRE, THERE PROCEEDS A SERIES OF FIERY EMBERS.-Destruction is NATURAL, AND INHERENT IN EVERYTHING THAT IS BORN ; IT IS SUBTLE, AND MERGED IN A HOMOGENEOUS SERIES '; IT IS NOT PERCEIVED; WHEN HOWEVER A PECULIAR CAUSE OPERATES UPON THE HOMOGENEOUS SERIES', THEN, THROUGH A PECULIAR EFFECT, THE DESTRUCTION BECOMES MANIFESTED IN ITS GROSS FORM. THUS, THAT SAME CAUSE FROM WHICH THE HETEROGENEOUS SERIES HAS BEEN PRODUCED, ALSO SERVES TO MANIFEST THE DESTRUCTION, THOUGH THIS DESTRUCTION IS NOT PRODUCED BY THAT CAUSE."-Vide Shlokavārtika-ETERNALITY OF Words, 24-29]. (2325-2328)
COMMENTARY.
They'Buddhists.
Says the Opponent-As a matter of fact, we find the wood being burnt by fire, and the Jar smashed by the bludgeon; where there are causes of Destruction ; how then can Destruction be without cause ?
Answer: 'When fuel comes into contact, etc. etc.-In this case what the Fire is the cause of is not Destruction, but the fiery embers, -as is ascertained through positive and negative concomitance ; specially as Destruction exists by its very nature.
Question: If Destruction is something that exists by its very nature, how is it that it is not preceived there prior to the contact of such causes as the Fire and the like?
Answer: It is subtleBeing deceived by the appearance of the several similar factors in tho 'homogeneous series', people fail to perceive the Destruction in its subtle form ; in fact by the perception of the homogeneous series, they are led to imagine that the object is 'undestroyed'.
Peculiar cause in the shape of the Bludgeon. * Peculiar effect' in the shape of the Potsherds.
It is under these conditions that the grossness of the Destruction becomes manifested.
Thus, etc. etc. - sums up the argument.
