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Zeno and Naagaarjuna on motion(14)

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     single  atom   is being  considered.  This  does  not
     constitute  a serious  objection, however, since  the
     analysis may then be applied to any geometrical point
     along  the  length  of a real  foot--it  is for  this
     reason  that  Candrakiirti  begins  the  argument  by
     asserting  that  our  feet  are  just  aggregates  of
     paramaa.nu.  Once these two problem  are resolved, it
     becomes clear that Candrakiirti's  interpretation  of
     MMK  II:  I  involves  the  explicit  assumption   of
     infinitely   divisible   space   and   the   implicit
     assumption of infinitely divisible time.
      In MMK II:2 Naagaarjuna's opponent introduces the
     notion of activity or process:

     Ce.s.taa yatra gatistatra gamyamaane ca saa yata.h
     Na gate naagate ce.s.taa gamyamaane gatistata.h

     When  there  is movement  there  is the  activity  of
      going,  and  that  is  in  present-being-gone-to;
     The  movement   not  being  in  the  gone-to  nor  in
      the  not-yet-gone-to, the  activity  of going  is
      in the present-being-gone-to.

     This  notion  of an  activity  of going, which  takes
     place  in  present-being-gone-to, requires  minimally
     that we posit an extended  present.  This is required
     since only on the supposition of an extended or 'fat'
     present can we ascribe  activity  to a present moment
     of going.  Thus the opponent  is seeking  to overcome
     the objections  against  motion  which were raised in
     II:I, which  involved  the supposition  of infinitely
     divisible time.  The opponent's  thesis appears to be
     neutral with respect  to space however;  it seems  to
     be  reconcilable   with  either  a  continuous  or  a
     discontinuous theory of space.
      A  textual  ambiguity   in  II: 3  has  important
     consequences. Where Vaidya has dvigamanam(14) (double
     going) ,  Teramoto   has   hyagamanam(15)  (since   a
     nongoing) ,  and  May  has  vigamanam(16) (nongoing).
     Vaidya's  reading  seems somewhat  more likely, since
     "double  going"  is  supported  by  the  argument  of
     Candrakiirti's  commentary.   However  both  readings
     yield an interpretation  which is consistent with our
     assumption  that  in II:3 Naagaarjuna  will  seek  to
     refute the case of motion in discontinuous time. Thus
     on Vaidya's reading II:3 is:

     Gamyamaanasya gamana^m katha^m naamopapatsyate