Tuesday, March 15, 2016

SARVĀSTIVĀDINS' TEACHING ON 'INDIVIDUAL

  
Therāvāda Sarvāstivāda 1 Rūpa Rūpa 2 Vedanā Caitasika 3 Saññā --4 Saṅkhārā Visampsayutta Saṅkārā 5 Viññāṇa Asavikāra citta
The dhammās exist in their subtlest state.
The arguments given in Kathāvattuppakarana: Sarvāstivādins: „All the five dhammās exist but not always and not everyware and in the sense of form.“ (This theory is called by Theravāda 'Suddhikanaya' ='pure logic'. Theravādins: „If the material aggregate does not give up its materiality (rūpabhava) then rūpabhāva becomes permanent, eternally existing like Nibbāna.“ Sarvāstivādins: „Rūpabhava is different from Nibbānabhava.“ Theravādins: They asked whethe the past (atīta) gives up its pastness (atītabhava). Sarvāstivādins: „No, it doesn't. When the atītabhāva exists, anāgatabhāva and paccuppannabhava do not exist like atītabhāva, when the anāgatabhāva exists atītabhāva does not exist like anāgatabhāva.“


According to the Sarvāstivādins: 1. The existence of five dhammās are: a) citta b) cetasika c) rūpa d) visamprayukta saṅkhāra e) Asaṅskruta 2. The bieng and the objects constituted out of the dhammās at a particular time. 3. The being and the objects are subjected to disintegrate. 4. The dhammās do not disintegrate.
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