: Later incorporated momentariness through commentaries like Buddhaghosa’s Visuddhimagga , particularly to explain how karma continues across the threshold of death. Philosophical and Ethical Implications
The theory faced heavy critique from Hindu and Jaina philosophers: Momentariness, Buddhist doctrine of The Buddhist doctrine of momentariness: A surve...
The smallest partless unit of time in which a phenomenon arises and perishes. The ( Kṣaṇikavāda ) is a radical philosophical
: Reframed momentariness within "consciousness-only," viewing external objects as streams of momentary mental events. The Buddhist doctrine of momentariness: A surve...
The ( Kṣaṇikavāda ) is a radical philosophical extension of the core concept of impermanence ( anicca ). While early Buddhist teachings observed that all things eventually decay, the doctrine of momentariness posits that all conditioned phenomena exist for only an infinitesimally brief moment before vanishing and being replaced by a nearly identical successor. Core Tenets of Momentariness