Tattva Sangraha Vol 1

SR No.: 007608
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamlashila, Ganganatha Jha
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1937
Total Pages: 753
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 42 MB

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EXAMINATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE PERMANENCE OF THINGS. 241
TEXT (380). THE MERE NAMING OF A PERSON AS DONKEY ' DOES NOT LEAD TO THE ATTRIBUTION OF THE WHOLE CHARAOTEB
OF THE ASS TO THAT PERSON.-(380)
COMMENTARY. The existence and non-ear istence of things are not dependent upon the use of mere words, as the using of words depends upon the whim of the speaker; if it were not so, then if, through a whim, the narne Donkey! were given to a man, the entire character of the Ass would have to be attributed to that man.
The term balaya' in the Text) is a synonym for rasabha' (Ass).(380)
The following Text Asserts that it must be understood that when annihilation' is spoken of in regard to a thing, it is only the negation of the nature of the thing itself, and there is no affirmation of anything
TEXT (381). IF THE CATEGORY NAMED ANNIHILATION' WERE AFFIRMED IN REFERENCE TO A THING, THERE BEING NOTHING ACTUALLY PRODUCED IN THE THING, HOW IS IT THAT THE THING CEASES
(TO EXIST)-(381)
COMMENTARY. If it were not as declared by us, and if the category of 'annihilation' were regarded as affirmed in reference to the thing,--then, as there is nothing actually produced in the thing concerned, -why should that thing cease to exist ?-(381)
As regards the argument put forward above (under Text 371)' If Destruction were non-existent, all things would be eternal', -it is answered in the following -
TEXT (382) THUS IT IS THAT THE EXISTENCE OF ANY DESTRUCTION OF THINGS' OF THE NATURE OF ANNIHILATION IS NOT ADMITTED ; BECAUSE THE DESTRUCTION OF A THING' CONSISTS IN THE Dissociation of a particular form, AND NOT IN THE
negation of its existence.-(382)
COMMENTARY. Thus:--because it is really of the nature of the dissociation of a parti. cular form of the Thing, -and it is not of the nature of the negation of the Thing due to the cessation of the existence of the nature of the Thing itself,
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