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The Sautrantika school of Buddhism is often referred to as Bahyanumeya-vada because its philosophy asserts that:
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- 1All entities are subject to the universal rule of change, and momentary existence (Ksanika-vada) is the sole criterion of reality.
- 2The existence of external objects is not directly perceivable, but the mind can infer their existence based on the mental representations generated within consciousness.✓
- 3Nirvana eludes conventional categorization and must be understood through the emptiness (Shunyata) of ultimate reality.
- 4The mind (Vijnana) is the only reality, and external objects are merely concepts within the mind.
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The existence of external objects is not directly perceivable, but the mind can infer their existence based on the mental representations generated within consciousness.
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