Purāṇavid: the past, the religion and the philosophy

There is a very fundamental difference between Hinduism of Upanishads and Buddhism regarding the nature of the Self. Gita refutes the Buddhist position: "....न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।" (....nor once having been, can It cease to be.) ~ Gita (2/20). No matter which school of Buddhism there is, the Self (Aatma) is always time-dependent. "The Self is the product of the momentary knowledge. Flowing in the time it is born and dying. The consistency that is there is sacramental." For example, when one wave hits another wave, and then another wave hits the third wave, and the third wave hits the fourth wave, then in the wave as the rites of its predecessor wave follow its rite, the Self also follows the rites and it keeps on being born and dying in every moment. Consciousness is time-dependent, therefore it is not fundamental, consciousness is therefore void and momentary. When It is exiled, it will be completely abolished which will be the attainment of Nirvana. But a