The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma" c19.s2.66

c19.s2.66

*Sautrāntika*.—(This deed) is the beginning of a peculiar chain of events (in the course of which the result appears sooner or later). A more detailed explanation of this point will be given later on, when we will refute the theory (of the Vātsiputrīyas, who) maintain the existence of an individual.¹ (As to your view, it is manifestly inconsistent) What result can a past deed produce according to this view? If the past and the future are actually existent, the result will necessarily be pre-existent from all eternity.