Argument
tantrasara — tsa11-p02
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Question. tsa11-p02 — the failed explanations
Issue. Derived from L2 text (no argmap). ## tsa11-p02 — the failed explanations
Three theories are on offer, and Abhinava demolishes each in turn. Some say liberation is a matter
of knowledge: we suffer from not-knowing, so when knowledge dawns, power descends. But the "dawn
of right knowledge" is itself the thing that needs explaining — the account is circular on arrival.
Say instead that grace is produced by ritual action, and it inherits action's limits: like any reward,
it would be something merely enjoyed, and anyone enjoying anyt
Premises
Sanskrit source
tatra kecit āhuḥ jñānābhāvāt ajñānamūlaḥ saṃsāraḥ tadapagame jñānodayāt śaktipāta iti teṣāṃ samyak jñānodaya eva vikṛta iti vācyam karmajanyatve karmaphalavat bhogatvaprasaṅge bhogini ca śaktipātābhyupagatau atiprasaṅgaḥ īśvarecchānimittatve tu jñānodayasya anyonyāśrayatā vaiyarthyaṃ ca īśvare rāgādiprasaṅgaḥ viruddhayoḥ karmaṇoḥ samabalayoḥ anyonyapratibandhe karmasāmyaṃ tataḥ śaktipāta iti cet na kramikatve virodhāyogāt virodhe 'pi anyasya aviruddhasya karmaṇo bhogadānaprasaṅgāt aviruddhakarmāpravṛttau tadaiva dehapātaprasaṅgāt jātyāyuṣpradaṃ karma na pratibadhyate bhogapradam eva tu pratibadhyate iti cet kutaḥ tatkarmasadbhāve yadi śaktiḥ patet tarhi sā bhogapradāt kiṃ bibhiyāt // abhts_11.3
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