The Rice Seedling Sūtra 12

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evamādhyātmiko 'pi pratītyasamutpādo dvābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāmutpadyate | katamābhyāṃ dvābhyām? yadidaṃ hetūpanibandhataḥ pratyayopanibandhataśca | tatrādhyātmikasya pratītyasamutpādasya hetūpanibandhaḥ katamaḥ? yadidamavidyāpratyayāḥ saṃskārāḥ, yāvajjātipratyayaṃ jarāmaraṇamiti | avidyā cennābhaviṣyat, naiva saṃskārāḥ prajñāsyante | evaṃ yāvajjātiścennābhaviṣyat, jarāmaraṇaṃ na prajñāsyate | atha satyāmavidyāyāṃ saṃskārāṇāmabhinirvṛttirbhavati | evaṃ yāvajjātyāṃ sattyāṃ jarāmaraṇasyābhinirvṛttirbhavati | tatra avidyāyā naivaṃ bhavati - ahaṃ saṃskārānabhinirvartayāmīti | saṃskārāṇāmapi naivaṃ bhavati - vayamavidyayā abhinirvatitā iti | evaṃ yāvajjāterapi naivaṃ bhavati - ahaṃ jarāmaraṇamabhinirvartayāmīti | jarāmaraṇasyāpi naivaṃ bhavati - ahaṃ jātyābhinirvartitamiti | atha ca satyāmavidyāyāṃ saṃskārāṇāmabhinirvṛttirbhavati prādurbhāvaḥ | evaṃ yāvajjātyāṃ satyāṃ jarāmaraṇasyābhinirvṛttirbhavati prādurbhāvaḥ | evamādhyātmikasya pratītyasamutpādasya hetūpanibandho draṣṭavyaḥ ||