His new understanding of impermanence in Buddhism is noteworthy especially in relation to the Aristotelian “notion of the naturally telic and autonomic organism.” In other words, Matsumoto’s theory of temporal causality as a result of his critique against the established order of Japanese Buddhism is also noteworthy as a critique against contemporary trends of academia based upon the notion of “a materialist inanimate mechanism.”
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Literally, incessant change produces no change, only leading to permanent and fixed circular movement without any progress. Matsumoto argues that the notion of impermanence can be understood properly when irreversible progress is introduced in the notion with the possibility of unexpected changes in causality that can be allowed by supposing that the flow of causality comprises certain durations of changeless states like a straight line and their bending in unexpectedly acute angles. His theory of temporal causality is noteworthy in suggesting the possibility of teleological causality in Buddhism that creates a new understanding of the notion of impermanence in Buddhism. Matsumoto Shiro, a notable proponent of Critical Buddhism movement in Japan, proposes a new and unique understanding of causality in Buddhism.
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However, when the WPSA attempt to fight the creature, they are always defeated, but not before every attempts of stopping the fused legendary Pokémon cause the WPSA to be looped back in time, over and over again, repeating the same events from previous loops, as the others begin to feel a sense of déjà vu. At the same time, as the storm has reached its destination in Asahigaoka, the WPSA later encounter an abomination, whom they can only know as the fusion of Sinnoh's legendary Pokémon: Arceus, Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. Temporal Causality Loop is a seven-parter story in the World Protection Security Agency (WPSA) series, and the final part of the WPSA: Non Non Biyori story arc.Īfter the defeat of the villains, the WPSA later witness a violent supercell storm has arrived, where it distorts everything in its path.