The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma" c19.s1.11

c19.s1.11

*Vaibhāṣika*.—There are four branches, inasmuch as they maintain (1) a change of existence (*bhāva-pariṇāma*), (2) a change of aspect (*lakṣaṇa-pariṇāma*), (3) a change of condition (*avasthā-pariṇāma*), or (4) contingency (*apekṣā-pariṇāma*). The third is all right. The difference in time reposes on a difference of condition (i.e. function of the elements).