The Refutation of the Proponents of Perception 185 2.1.1.2.2.1.2.2 An [extensive] explanation (424:5) This has two parts: Indication that, in general, energy is not possible in the three times Explanation that, in particular, [energy] is not possible with respect to the past and the future 2.1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1 Indication that, in general, energy is not possible in the three times (424:5) Energy is not possible in the produced A nonproduced entity does not have energy either (57ab) Were “energy” to exist, it would possess energy in relation to consciousness of this present moment, or it would possess energy in relation to either the past or the future [One or the other would be] asserted They may say, “It is like the first.” [We would reply that] energy is not possible in the present, produced consciousness itself This is because if “the energy’s consciousness” expresses the sixth, [the case of ] relationship, then the energy is not other than the consciousness This is also because it is not reasonable to say, “The consciousness, which is the effect, exists in the present as the cause itself.” If the present consciousness is the cause, the consciousness that is an effect would be without cause because the present energy itself is not suitable as the cause or, alternatively, its the energy is not other than itself 20 They may say, “It is like the second.” [We would reply that] a nonproduced entity of the past or future does not have energy either because reasoning a damages [such an assertion].21 a rigs pa, ny›ya/yukti 186 The Moon of Wisdom ,$*A?-0-=-3-:R%?-0-.%-, :.?-0-=-/?-0-3A-:,.-0-$*A?, %-0R-=, H.-0