The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma" c19.s2.69

c19.s2.69

*Sautrāntika*.—Well, then, it will be established that this force 284, b. 1. itself appears after having previously been non-existent! In fact, if everything without any exception is pre-existent, there can be nothing that could have a force to produce anything! In the end it comes to the same as the theory of the followers of Varṣagaṇya. According to them there is neither production of something new nor extinction of something existent: what exists is always existent, what does not exist will never become existent.