process.  Thus  for  both  the  genetic  process  was
　　   supreme, and was that into which all the elements  of
　　   the structural analysis had to be framed.
　　　　 Both men took  the  world, inclusive  of man, to be
　　   nonbifurcated  or, in Whiteheadian  terms, to have no
　　   disjunctive reality.  Both, however, acknowledged the
　　   fact  that man is basically  a bifurcating  creature,
　　   forever asserting his own individuality.  And yet, as
　　   Whitehead　　 rightly　　 observes,　　 "process　　 and
　　   individuality  require each other.  In separation all
　　   meaning  evaporates."(36) For the Buddha, there  is a
　　   continuity  of the becoming  process by virtue of the
　　   carry-over　　 of　　 the　　 subjectivity-corporeality
　　   (naama-ruupa) in  different  forms.  Such  forms  are
　　   relative  to the contents of the five skandhas, etc.,
　　   as they  are involved  in the  experiential  process.
　　   Thus  for both  there  is no room  for mere  personal
　　   identity,  self, mind, or  ego.  Whitehead, like  the
　　   Buddha, dismisses the notion of a consciousness  that
　　   is prior to experience."(37)He even goes to the extent
　　   of saying that "mental operations  do not necessarily
　　   involve consciousness."(38)
　　　　 The  nonbifurcated  world  means   that  there   is
　　   interconnectedness.  Here both men worked within  the
　　   monadic structure.(39) Where Whitehead introduced the
　　   doctrine of mutual immanence  of actual entities, the
　　   Buddha  also  expounded  on the  nature  of  a unique
　　   relational  origination  (pratiityasamutpaada)  where
　　   all experiential  arisings  are involved in the total
　　   relational  sense.  For  both  there  was  a  serious
　　   repudiation of any "vacuous actuality."
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　　   35.  Process and Reality, p. 71.
　　   36.  A. N.  Whitehead, Modes  of Thought  (New  York:
　　　　   Macmillan Co., 1938), p. 133.  In the same vein,
　　　　   he says,"One  main doctrine, developed  in these
　　　　   lectures, is that  'existence'  (in  any  of its
　　　　   senses) cannot be abstracted from 'process.' The
　　　　   notions of 'process' and 'existence'  presuppose
　　　　   each other." Ibid., p. 131.
　　   37.  "The principle   that  I  am  adopting  is  that
　　　　   consciousness  presupposes  experience, and  not
　　　　   experience consciousness."  Process and Reality,
　　　　   p. 83.
　　   38.  Ibid., p. 130.