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    Challenges→Causation must be understood from the perspective of consciousness rather than from a purely physical or impersonal perspective.

    If the fundamental bearers of causal power are momentary, mind-independent dharmas, then consciousness is itself causally derived rather than causally foundational.

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    • 1.Dharmas are defined as causally efficacious, momentary particulars independent of mind, establishing causal power as fundamental reality's nature.
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    • 2.Consciousness exhibits causal dependence on prior dharmic aggregates (sense organs, objects), making it a derivative causal effect.
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    • 3.If consciousness were causally foundational, it would generate dharmas; instead dharmas generate consciousness through dependent origination.
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    • 1.Dharmas' causal power requires consciousness to perceive and interpret causal relations; causation may presuppose rather than precede mind.
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    • 2.Momentary dharmas cannot explain unified causal chains—consciousness integrates discrete moments into coherent causal narratives.
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    • 3.The claim conflates causal priority with metaphysical fundamentality; consciousness could be fundamental yet causally dependent in specific ways.
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