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The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

An English translation of one of the five great Tamil classics, a story of Buddhist virtues, magical powers and philosophy; along with a detailed study of the text.

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286 - Buddhist Logic<br />

Sound is eternal<br />

Because it is non-corporeal<br />

Whatever is non-corporeal is eternal like a pot.<br />

Here the pot, which is brought in as an example being a product, does<br />

not partake of the character of the eternal as predicated in the major,<br />

nor of the character of non-corporeality predicated in the middle;<br />

thus it shows itself to be defective both in respect of the major and in<br />

respect of the middle. Asadubhayadharmavikalam shows a similar<br />

double defect in a thing non-existent, as in the example<br />

Sound is non-eternal<br />

Because it is corporeal<br />

Whatever is corporeal is non-eternal like ākāśa (ether). [218]<br />

In this the example Ākāśa does not partake of the character of<br />

non-eternality predicated in the major, nor the corporeality<br />

predicated in the middle, to him who states that Ākāsa is non-existent.<br />

On the other hand, to one who believes in Ākāsa being existent, it is<br />

eternal, and non-corporeal. <strong>The</strong>refore to him also it is defective both<br />

in respect of the major and in respect of the middle.<br />

(4) Ananvayam (non-concomitance in example) consists in the middle<br />

and the major, without stating the connection between the two,<br />

exhibiting the real character of both, as in the example,<br />

Sound is not eternal<br />

Because it is a product<br />

A pot is a product and non-eternal.<br />

In this example the general concomitance that ‘whatever is a product<br />

is not eternal’ not being stated, the concomitance between the major<br />

and the middle is not made clear.

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