[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma"](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.stcherbatsky-1923) › c19.6 # The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma" c19.6 The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma" c19.6 - **Language:** English ### [c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.stcherbatsky-1923.c19.6) But are this past and this future really existent or not? If they are, it would follow that the elementary forces (\*saṃskāra\*) (which are active in the process of life) must be permanent (i.e. immovable), since they exist through all time. If they are not, how is it to be explained that a man is attracted to (objects past and future) by such (passion as he experienced formerly, or will be subject to in future)? - [Previous: c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.stcherbatsky-1923.c19.5) - [Next: c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.stcherbatsky-1923.c19.7) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.stcherbatsky-1923.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.stcherbatsky-1923.c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.stcherbatsky-1923.c19.6) · Pramāṇa