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Śāntideva points out that the afflictions reside neither in objects of these afflictions external to us, nor in the sense powers [LINK to glossary], nor somewhere in-between. | Śāntideva points out that the afflictions reside neither in objects of these afflictions external to us, nor in the sense powers [LINK to glossary], nor somewhere in-between. | ||
The afflictions are not to be found inherently in the external objects of form, such as our friends and enemies, because if this were the case, the arhats would generate afflictions when they see forms. If they were actually based in such objects, it would also have to follow that when other people encountered the external objects they would experience exactly the same negative emotions of aversion and attraction in exactly the same way that we do. We know that this is not the case, so the afflictions cannot be inherently present in outer objects. Illustrating this, Khenpo Kunpal [LINK to text pdf p. 202] explains further why the afflictions cannot inherently reside in the sense organs, such as the eye sense power. | The afflictions are not to be found inherently in the external objects of form, such as our friends and enemies, because if this were the case, the arhats would generate afflictions when they see forms. If they were actually based in such objects, it would also have to follow that when other people encountered the external objects, they would experience exactly the same negative emotions of aversion and attraction in exactly the same way that we do. We know that this is not the case, so the afflictions cannot be inherently present in outer objects. Illustrating this, Khenpo Kunpal [LINK to text pdf p. 202] explains further why the afflictions cannot inherently reside in the sense organs, such as the eye sense power. | ||
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|quote-text=But neither do they subsist within the conjunction of the sense organs and consciousness. For even when sense power and consciousness meet, defilements do not automatically arise. If the defilements were intrinsic to such conjunctions, it would mean that whenever we see or hear anything, attachment or aversion would be felt, whereas this does not happen.<ref>Fletcher and Blankleder, ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 161.</ref> | |quote-text=But neither do they subsist within the conjunction of the sense organs and consciousness. For even when sense power and consciousness meet, defilements do not automatically arise. If the defilements were intrinsic to such conjunctions, it would mean that whenever we see or hear anything, attachment or aversion would be felt, whereas this does not happen.<ref>Fletcher and Blankleder, ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 161.</ref> | ||
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