 With the refutation of these four positions in succession, Gorampa shows that any possible way of conceiving of the ultimate reality of a thing is impossible. Gorampa stresses the importance of understanding the refutation of each of these four lemmas in succession; the logic that refutes the concept of nonexistence depends upon the successful refutation of the existence, the refutation of the third concept (both existence and nonexistence) depends on the refutation of the first two, and the refutation of the fourth (neither existence nor nonexistence) depends upon the refutation of the first three concepts. Existence, nonexistence, both, and neither are the only possible ways of conceiving of the ultimate status of a thing, so once each of these possible ways is eliminated, there is no way to conceive of things that remains.