[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) › c8.s5.7 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.7 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.7) In Buddhism, an individual existence is regarded as an aggregate, a stream of transient factors.³¹ In its earlier phase, the doctrine of momentariness was essentially a doctrine of the transience of psychic states without any permanent substratum. It did not mean in early phase the unqualified denial of all substances.³² There were debates within Buddhist sects on the concept of momentariness, as recorded in \*Abhidharmakośa\*. Finally, the momentariness came to be accepted at the level of experience. - [Previous: c8.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.6) - [Next: c8.s5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.8) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Abhidharmakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.abhidharmakosa) — Vasubandhu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.7) · Pramāṇa