[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c6.s5.t2.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t2.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s5.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2.3) Those who say that everything exists — past, present and future — are Sarvāstivādins. But there are Vibhajyavādins who say that only certain things exist, viz. — the present \*karma\* as well as the past \*karma\* which have fructified — they exist. The future \*karma\* which have not fructified do not exist.⁸⁸ - [Previous: c6.s5.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2.2) - [Next: c6.s5.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2.4) - [Up: c6.s5.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t2.3) · Pramāṇa