आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Original

विरुद्धधर्मसङ्गो हि वस्तूनां भेद उच्यते ।
स्कन्धपुद्गलयोश्चैव विद्यते भिन्नता न किम् ॥ ३४४ ॥

viruddhadharmasaṅgo hi vastūnāṃ bheda ucyate |
skandhapudgalayoścaiva vidyate bhinnatā na kim || 344 ||

The presence of contrary properties is spoken of as constituting ‘difference’ among entities; is there no such ‘difference’ between the pudgala and the thought-phases?—(344)

Kamalaśīla

This argument may be formulated as follows:—Where twongs are possessed of properties that are mutually exclusive, they must be different from one another,—e.g. between Colour and Feeling, the former being endowed with material shape and the latter being devoid of material shape;—Pudgala and Thought-phase are (according to you) possessed by such mutually exclusive properties as ‘capable of being spoken of’ and ‘incapable of being spoken of hence this is a natural reason (for regarding the two as different).—(344)

The following Text proceeds to show that the reason here put forward is not ‘unproven’:—[see verse 345 next]