The doctrine was not present in the earliest discourses of the Buddha, which were more pragmatic about change. It emerged as a systematic theory during the and was later refined by prominent scholars such as Vasubandhu , Dignāga , and Dharmakīrti .
The "stream" or continuum of causally linked momentary events that gives the appearance of a persistent object. The Buddhist doctrine of momentariness: A surve...
: Buddhist logicians argued that only momentary things are real because real existence requires the ability to produce an effect. A permanent, unchanging entity would be causally inert and therefore non-existent. Historical Development The doctrine was not present in the earliest