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Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra, Volume 10 (Twelve Links of Dependent Origination)

(二十七)Original text: 如前所说。八缘起门。几门是十二支缘起所显。几门非耶。答。三门是彼所显。谓二一分所显。一全分所显。余门非。何等为二一分所显。谓内识生门。自业所作门。何等为一全分所显。谓有情世间转门。 

Explanation: As stated previously, among the eight gates of dependent origination, how many gates are manifested by the twelve links of dependent origination, and how many are not manifested by the twelve links of dependent origination? Answer: There are three gates that are manifested by the twelve links of dependent origination, and the rest are not manifested by the twelve links of dependent origination. Among them, two gates are manifested by a portion of the twelve links of dependent origination, and one gate is manifested by the entirety of the twelve links of dependent origination. Which two gates are manifested by a portion of the twelve links of dependent origination? The gate of the arising of inner consciousness and the gate of one's own karma being what is done are manifested by a portion of the twelve links of dependent origination. Which gate is manifested by the entirety of the twelve links of dependent origination? It is the gate of the transmigration of the world of sentient beings that is manifested by the twelve links of dependent origination. 

Original text: 问。不如实知。缘起道理者。有几种过患耶。答。有五。谓起我见。及能发起前际俱行见。如前际俱行见。如是后际俱行见。前后际俱行见亦尔。又于彼见猛利坚执。有取有怖。于现法中。不般涅槃。是名第五过患。问。如实知者。有几种胜利耶。答。翻前五过应知。胜利亦有五种。

Explanation: Question: For a person who cannot truly and realistically understand the principle of dependent origination, how many faults are there? Answer: There are five faults: First, it can give rise to the view of self; second, it can give rise to the views associated with the past limit (前际); third, just like the views associated with the past limit, the views associated with the future limit (后际), and the views associated with both the past and future limits can also be aroused; fourth, one will further develop fierce and firm grasping of those views without letting go; fifth, in the present existence, one cannot attain parinirvāṇa. Question: For a person who can truly and realistically understand the principle of dependent origination, how many excellent benefits are there? Answer: Based on the five faults above, one should know that the excellent benefits also correspondingly number five.

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