Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s6.t2.8

v2.c35.s6.t2.8

(vi) The Sautrāntikas carry the *kṣaṇikatva* doctrine to the extreme point, asserting that it almost verges on zero, and as such, objects can have, in fact, no duration (*sthiti*). It further asserts that as destruction of objects takes place almost immediately, there is no necessity of any effective cause.² (vii) The Sautrāntikas deny the existence of *avijñapti* (non-communicating corporeal and vocal acts)¹ as a real (*dravya*). They hold in agreement with the Theravādins that an *avijñapti* act is mental (*cetanā*), a *kāyasamcetanā*.