The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma" c19.7

c19.7

The Vaibhāṣikas do not admit those elements (which combine in the process of life) to be permanent, since they are subject to the action of four energies which are) the characteristic appurtenance of such elements (viz. the forces of origination, decay, existence, and destruction). But, on the other hand, they emphatically declare that “the times” (i.e. everyone of the three times) are existent in reality.