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    If capability individuates, then a dharma would lose its ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A dharma's capability (vertical causality) further individuates that dharma as that very particular dharma.

    If capability individuates, then a dharma would lose its identity when its causal context changes, violating Buddhist momentariness doctrine.

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    • 1.Dharmas are individuated by their specific causal powers; alter causal context, alter causal powers.
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    • 2.Momentariness requires dharmas cease at each instant; identity persisting across contexts contradicts this.
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    • 3.If dharmas retained identity across causal shifts, they'd possess trans-temporal essence, violating impermanence.
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    • 1.Capability individuation need not require identity persistence; each moment's dharma is distinct by definition.
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    • 2.A dharma's causal role within a moment can be intrinsic to it; contextual change doesn't affect momentary identity.
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    • 3.Momentariness doctrine concerns temporal duration, not whether capabilities vary with circumstances.
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