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    It is not the case that A non-dual framework dissolves the soteriological urgency that makes other-power distinctive as a path for beings incapable of self-cultivation.

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    • 1.Soteriological urgency persists phenomenologically even if non-duality is metaphysically true; experiential suffering doesn't wait for philosophical realization.
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    • 2.Other-power traditions (e.g., Pure Land Buddhism) maintain non-dual metaphysics while preserving practical urgency through skilled pedagogical means.
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    • 3.Dissolving urgency may reduce motivation for practice; a competing framework that preserves both truth and efficacy could be preferable.
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    • 1.Non-duality reveals that subject-object distinction (self vs. other-power) is conceptually constructed, undermining the dichotomy's metaphysical foundation.
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    • 2.If liberation is the dissolution of false dualistic perception, then urgency based on a separate self needing external salvation is itself illusory.
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    • 3.Other-power's necessity depends on positing an incapable self; non-dual insight dissolves this posit, eliminating the framework's motivational structure.
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