[Buddha-l] MMK 25.09 (was: as Swami goes...)

[Richard Hayes]

On Apr 29, 2010, at 7:40 AM, Dan Lusthaus wrote:

> Richard Hayes wrote:
> 
> 
>> To say that something can be viewed in two ways does not necessarily mean 
>> that it can be viewed in both ways at the same time.
> 
> But it does presume that the underlying thing (bhāva in this case) is the 
> self-same thing under both gazes, which, if they are not simultaneous, must 
> be at different times. If it is not the self-same thing, then one is looking 
> at two different things. If the self-same thing that would mean that that 
> bhāva is a svabhāva.

See it that way if you like. It is not compulsory to see it that way.

Richard