Vasubandhu · Theology

The World Reborn Every Instant

Vasubandhu’s doctrine of momentariness (ksanikavada): everything arises and perishes instant by instant, felt continuity is really a rapid succession of momentary factors, and the Sarvastivada claim that dharmas ‘exist in all three times’ betrays the very impermanence it means to honour.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Vasubandhu held all conditioned things to be momentary (ksanika) - arising and perishing in an instant, needing no separate cause to destroy them - and that he argued against the Sarvastivada thesis that dharmas exist in all three times (past, present, future). Explain momentariness and why he thought…

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