Consciousness is not momentary

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Re: Consciousness is not momentary

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Very interesting, thank you for sharing. :anjali:
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When Buddha said that consciousness is momentary, it is actually an expedient saying and not ultimate because each moment if they really exist will need to be a stretch which is impossible as they can be split down further. Yet, past moment can never be "joined" to the next subsequent moment because if it does so, at the point that they join together, past moment will be the future moment which is absurd.
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WeiHan wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 1:31 pm When Buddha said that consciousness is momentary, it is actually an expedient saying and not ultimate because each moment if they really exist will need to be a stretch which is impossible as they can be split down further. Yet, past moment can never be "joined" to the next subsequent moment because if it does so, at the point that they join together, past moment will be the future moment which is absurd.
This would only be true if moments have parts. But moments do not have parts, so this objection is not applicable.
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If it were momentary, we could not perceive the movement of hand or of any other object, we would see the hand or the object only at one particular point in space (and time).
That's not true if the "moments" last for milliseconds or nanoseconds, one right after the other, which would qualify as momentary. You would see many different single points, at various points in space, every second, and then your mind would string them together and perceive movement. It doesn't make any sense to say you could not perceive movement if it were momentary.
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Malcolm wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 3:12 pm
WeiHan wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 1:31 pm When Buddha said that consciousness is momentary, it is actually an expedient saying and not ultimate because each moment if they really exist will need to be a stretch which is impossible as they can be split down further. Yet, past moment can never be "joined" to the next subsequent moment because if it does so, at the point that they join together, past moment will be the future moment which is absurd.
This would only be true if moments have parts. But moments do not have parts, so this objection is not applicable.
I thought this analysis will show that moments with parts is impossible. No?
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