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EXAMINATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF 'SELF-SUFFICIENT VALIDITY'. 1295
TEXT (2866).
**THE SUBLATING COGNITION IS ALWAYS IN THE FORM OF THE COGNITION OF THE THING CONCERNED AS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS ENVISAGED IN THE PREVIOUS COGNITION ; AND AS IN THIS FORM, IT IS NOT DEPENDENT FOR ITS VALIDITY UPON ANYTHING ELSE, IT
SETS ASIDE THAT PREVIOUS COGNITION."-(2866)
COMMENTARY.
Sets aside'--discards ; i.e. rejects as invalid.-(2866)
The following might be urged-Even when the sublating Oognition is there, it is possible that there may be another Cognition sublating it, just as there is one for the initial Cognition ; how then can there be a cessation of the dependence upon another sublating Oognition,--by virtue of which the sublation of that Cognition would be accepted with certainty ?
The answer to this is as follows:
TEXT (2867).
IT MAY BE THAT THERE TOO THERE MAY BE NEED FOR ANOTHER SUBLATING COGNITION IN CERTAIN CASES, WHERE SUSPICION MIGHT BE AROUSED IN THE MIND OF THE PERSON BY THE PREVIOUS COGNITION; BUT THAT SUSPICION CEASES AFTER VERY LITTLE EFFORT."
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COMMENTARY.
There, in some cases -i.e. in regard to the sublating Cognition in the form of the Cognition of the thing as different from that envisaged in the previous Cognition'.
Jätäshänkasya'-the man whose suspicion has been aroused. * Pūrvēna'-by the initial Cognition. * Sāpi'-i.e. the dependence upon sublation. * Alpêna'-i.e. by very slight effort.—(2867)
Question : -How does it cease ? Answer:
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