Atoms are inadmissible as real entities.

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1.Indivisibility is an essential characteristic of being an atom.
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2.Unity is an essential characteristic of being a whole or composite.
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3.Both the unity of composites and the indivisibility of atoms are rejected by Yogācāra analysis.
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Since unity is an essential characteristic of being the whole, or composite whereas indivisibility an essential characteristic of being an atom when both the unity and individuality of the atoms are rejected, then the whole and indivisible atoms are no longer admissible. Therefore, Vasubandhu sums up the Yogācāra objections against the reality of the external sense-objects (āyatanas) as: “An external sense-object is unreal because it cannot be the intentional object of cognition either as (1) a

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