Brahma Sūtra 2.2.30

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.31 in this text

Sūtra

क्षणिकत्वाच्च

kṣaṇikatvācca

Sūtra translation

And on account of the momentariness (of the âlayavijñâna, it cannot be the abode of mental impressions).

If you maintain that the so-called internal cognition (âlayavijñâna) assumed by you may constitute the abode of the mental impressions, we deny that, because

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.31 in this text

Sūtra

क्षणिकत्वाच्च

kṣaṇikatvācca

Sūtra translation

And because of its (of consciousness) momentary duration.

Vignana or consciousness is only of a moment’s du- ration, whereas the objects have been shown to be (and are) permanent. Hence too, the

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No separate sūtra is printed here in Rāmānuja’s text.