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The function is the “self-manifesting” activity of the essence or substance. In the terminology of the “Awakening of Faith” the function is also called the “permeation” (hsün-hsi; Jap: kunjū). As such it represents universal action which consequently must be considered as primordial karma. The givenness of a universal, primordial “agency” was assumed by the previous pre-totalistic doctrine of causation, but not dialectically accounted for.
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© 1981 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague
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Verdu, A. (1981). The “Totality” of the Function. In: The Philosophy of Buddhism. Studies in Philosophy and Religion, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8186-7_7
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