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SELECTED SOURCES FOR THE NIRVANA CONCEPT<br />
impermanence (anityatAlakLana). How the example given by the [Sautrantikas]<br />
can be contradicted by this mean<strong>in</strong>g! Moreover, even if there is no separate<br />
entity, it is not a non-existence. It is due to the fact that all condition<strong>in</strong>g<br />
factors (saNskAra) have the characteristic of impermanence (anityatAlakLana).<br />
Its <strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>sic nature (svabhAva) is not a non-existence. 64 By consider<strong>in</strong>g this,<br />
there is no fault [<strong>in</strong> our system].<br />
<strong>The</strong> third counterargument<br />
<strong>The</strong> sEtra mentioned above cannot be enough to establish that the go<strong>in</strong>g<br />
out of a lamp is mere non-existence. <strong>The</strong> sEtra only represents the moment<br />
of enter<strong>in</strong>g nirvana without a rema<strong>in</strong>der of cl<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g (nirupadhiUeLanirvAOadhAtu).<br />
65 Thus, it is to <strong>in</strong>form people of the fact that there is a cutt<strong>in</strong>g<br />
without a rema<strong>in</strong>der of all cl<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g through ab<strong>and</strong>on<strong>in</strong>g one by one <strong>and</strong> so<br />
on. Thus, there is no contradiction.<br />
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