The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies v9.c76.s19: Book Fifteen

The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies v9.c76.s19

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Book Fifteen

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1-2 (E153-154; T187-188) The opponent is the Mahāsāmghika.

6 (E155; T189) Death and decay are not predetermined, and hence not to be considered to belong either to the category "mundane" or the category "transcendent." Mahāsāmghikas wrongly class them in the latter category.

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7-8 (E155-156; T190) Hetuvādins hold that to attain cessation of the experience of identification is (1) transcendent, (2) mundane.

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9 (E156-157; T190-191) Rājagirikas hold that one who has entered the state of cessation of consciousness can nonetheless die.

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10 (E157; T191-192) Attainment of the cessation of consciousness is of two types, mundane and transcendent. The former only leads to rebirth in the sphere of unconscious being. The Hetuvādins do not recognize this distinction.

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11 (E157-158; T192-194) Andhakas and Sammitiyas hold that action is one thing and its accumulation another. They further maintain that the accumulation of karma is undetermined and not a mental object.