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23. And on account of the objections presenting themselves in either case.

The cessation of Nescience, &c. which, on the assumption of the Bauddhas, is included in the two kinds of cessation discussed hitherto, must take place either in consequence of perfect knowledge together with its auxiliaries, or else of its own accord. But the former alternative would imply the abandonment of the Bauddha doctrine that destruction takes place without a cause, and the latter alternative would involve the uselessness of the Bauddha instruction as to the 'path'  2. As therefore both alternatives are open to objections, the Bauddha doctrine must be declared unsatisfactory.


Footnotes

411:2 The knowledge that everything is transitory, pain, &c.


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