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(B) THE DOCTRINE OF SOUL' ACCORDING TO VÄTSIPUTRIYAS. 219
TEXT (338).
THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE TOLD THAT (ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAVE
SAID), TEE Pudgala CANNOT BE RHCARDED A$ existing IN REALITY-BECAUSE IT IS INCAPABLE OF BEING SPOKEN OT EITHER AS THE SAME OR AS DIFFERENT (FROM THOUGHT-PHASES); JUST LIKE THE SKY-LOTUS
AND SUCH NON-ENTITIES.-(338)
COMMENTARY
The argument may be formulated as follows:- That which is incapable of being spoken of either as the same as, or as different from, a thing cannot be an entity,—us the sky-lotus ;--and the Prudgala is (ez hypothesi) incapable of being so spokon of -hence the wider character being absent (the narrower character must be absent); the corroborativo instance per dissimilarity is supplied by Feelings etc.-(338)
Question- How is the invariable concomitance (Premiss) urged hero arrived at 1
The answer is provided by the following
TEXT (339).
A THING CANNOT ESCAPE BEING EITHER 'SAME AS' OR 'DIFFERENT FROM', ANOTTIER THING: IN FACT, IT IS ONLY WIAT IS ENTIRELY TORMLESS THAT CAN BE REGARDED AS 'INCAPABLE OF
BEING SO SPOKEN OF:-(339)
COMMENTARY
A thing cannot escape from being either the same as, or different from another thing as there is no other third alternative possible. If that were not so, then Colour and the rest also would be incapable of being spoken of' (either as the same as or different from one another).- It is for this reason that it is only what, by its very nature, is formless that is regarded as 'incapable of being spoken of '; - not so any Entity.- (339)
* How is that "? The answer is given in the following
