11 Dependent category is of two kinds.
- being ' and * non-being
How? As The cognition of * non-being * invariably depends On account of this prominence
- being ' is named frst. That which, when first known
is cognised as (it) * is ', is * being ' (bhāva). That which when frst cognised is known as * is not ' is * non-being Why so? In their nature, * being ' and * 107-being ' are verily of the 12ature of affrmation and negation (respectively). Whereas in another form they take the shape of negation and affrmation. Here in the primary cognition, only the nature (of the entity) appears; in subsequent cognitions other aspects appear. From the effect has to be understood difference in the (antecedent) means. So is experience. For instance (we say) “the pot is here, it is not white'. Again , * the pot is not here, the non-being of the pot is (here) Now, is the Self-dependent tatu८, *being' (bhāva) or 101-being (abhāva) or something else ? Not the first and second, because *being' and 'non-being' are sub divisions of dependent category. Not also the third because of contradiction . (If it be said that it is not
- being', it follows that it is 'non-being If again it be
said that it is not * non-being ', there will be contradiction. R.T.) REPLY :- Not so because definition of *being it is pervaded by the [* Brahma is ', thus It is frst apprehended as * this is '. *८st Bra7th८ '=Bramha is ; Warty0700d ida7agra dऽ=Narayama indeed, was at the beginning (of the
