Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c36.20
Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c36.20
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v2.c36.20
(pudgala) exists as long as there are skandhas otherwise pudgala would be either asaṃskṛta (unconstituted), śāśvata (eternal) or saṃskṛta (constituted), aśāśvata (=uccheda—annihilating).¹ Fire is different from fuel inasmuch as it has the power of burning an object to ashes or producing light, which the fuel does not possess.