The University of Nalanda c10.97

c10.97

To this objection Śāntarakṣita replies that the Opposition has committed a fundamental blunder by assuming a reason (*hetu*) which is no reason at all. The relation of being a son (*Tatputratva*) is not the cause as it is neither Identity, Causality nor Non-perception. Invariable concomitance, therefore, is not possible, that is to say the son may be fair.¹