The Rice Seedling Sūtra 9

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atha ca punarayaṃ pratītyasamutpādo dvābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāmutpadyate | katamābhyāṃ dvābhyām? yadidaṃ hetūpanibandhataḥ pratyayopanibandhataśca | so 'pi dvividho draṣṭavyaḥ - bāhyaśca ādhyātmikaśca | tatra bāhyasya pratītyasamutpādasya hetūpanibandhaḥ katamāḥ? yadidaṃ bījādaṅkuraḥ | aṅkurātpatram | patrātkāṇḍam | kāṇḍānnālam | nālādgaṇḍaḥ | gaṇḍādgarbham | garbhācchūkaḥ | śūkātpuṣpam | puṣpāt phalam | asati bīje aṅkuro na bhavati, yāvadasati puṣpe phalaṃ na bhavati | sati tu bīje aṅkurasyābhinirvṛttirbhavati, evaṃ yāvat sati puṣpe phalasyābhinirvṛttirbhavati | tatra bījasya naivaṃ bhavati - ahamaṅkuramabhinirvartayāmīti | aṅkurasyāpi naivaṃ bhavati - ahaṃ bījenābhinirvartita iti | evaṃ yāvat puṣpasya naivaṃ bhavati - ahaṃ phalamabhinirvartayāmīti | phalasyāpi naivaṃ bhavati - ahaṃ puṣpeṇābhinirvartitamiti | atha punaḥ bīje sati aṅkurasyābhinirvṛttirbhavati prādurbhāvaḥ | evaṃ yāvat puṣpe sati phalasyābhinirvṛttirbhavati prādurbhāvaḥ | evaṃ bāhyasya pratītyasamutpādasya hetūpanibandho draṣṭavyaḥ ||