Tenets (Cause and effect simultaneous/ what constitutes the self)

Question 1

What is the self for
1. Vaibhasika
2. Sautrantika
3. Most other Buddhist schools
4. Who does not accept any of this?

Answer 1

1. 5 aggregates
2. continuum of the 5 aggregates
3. mental conciousness
4. Prasangika

Question 2

What do the Vaibhasika and Cittamatra say about the simultaneous existence of cause and effect?

Answer 2

1. Vaibhasika: cause and effect can be simultaneous (with respect to one place of reference)
2. Cittamatra following scripture (accepting Alaya Vinjana): Cause and effect are simultaneous only on one occasion, which is the Alaya conciousness

Question 3

3 pillars mutually support each other like a triangle tent. A cause of a result is a cause that helps the result to come into existence. The pillars are mutually helping each other and cause and effect can be simultaneous, Is that true?

Answer 3

(Personal answer only)
NO! Pillar A + B are together supporting Pillar C. Pillar B + C are mutually supporting Pillar A, etc., so the cause is not once the same, because the combination is always different. Furthermore the end result is a tent, or 3 balanced pillars and not one or two balanced Pillars. The cause is 2 Pillars/ the effect are 3 pillars.

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