morning and 4 or 3 nuts in the afternoon certainly show a
　　 difference  in the feedings  but the nuts  in combination
　　 add up to the same  numerical  figure, seven.  Still, the
　　 numerical  figure must be transcended  in order to arrive
　　 at  the  ch'i-wu  conception   of  things.   It  is  more
　　 cosmological than temporal.
14. Vasubandhu, Tri.m'slkaa, Verses  20-23;  see also  Source
　　 Book in Chinese Philosophy,pp 374-395.
15. Naagaarjuna, Muulamadhyamakakaarikaa, XXIV, 18.
16. Doogen Zenji,Shooboogenzoo,Chapter 38,Kattoo.
17. For example, it would  be difficult  to speak of a person
　　 becoming  gradually  good  or  gradually  evil  for  that
　　 matter, although  on the surface  such descriptions of
　　 human traits  are always  quite attractive, welcomed, and
　　 easily believed in.  Goodness  and evilness, however, are
　　 more  apparent  than  real, and  there  are no shades  in
　　 either one.