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the objective world which is proved by perception as different from the Vijnana. If they are bold enough to deny the objective world why should they not deny oven the Vijñana ?
2. There is indeed an objective world, which is felt by the Vijñana, and the objects are nothing but the conglomerations of atoms. The objects being conglomeration of atoms, they are not perceived as many or as atoms. The objects or rather the conglomerations of atoms appear indeed as one and of considerable size, but this is nothing but a delusion.
S'ubhagupta. 3. The atoms have two qualities : general and special, The general quality is always perceived in the objects, which are the conglomerations of atoms. So these atoms appear as one and of considerable size. The special quality of the atoms which are the constituents of the formed object is known only by the emancipated.
Sumati, 4. Things may have two or many qualities, provided they are felt as such. There is no other authority to establish a thing than the knowledge of the thing itself. It is not an universal law that one thing should be endowed with one quality only.
Kumarila.
5. The Vijñana, even without having the form of a thing, can certainly reflect a thing, as it is only the knowledge of a thing.
Subhagupta. 6. The Vijñāna, in which reflections of the objects appear, should require some other knowledge for its own reflection in it, just as the eyes, which are able to see the objects but not able to see themselves. We cannot however explain the origin of the power in the objects which is ingrained in their nature.
Kumarila. 7. The objective world can be proved by perception as well as by inference. In daily life we are always perceiving the objects, and we oan infer their existence because we obtain the expected effects from them.
Subhagupta,
