彰所知論 2.7

2.7

According to the three time periods: ignorance and formations belong to the past, and are called causal links. The five links from consciousness onward belong to the present, and are called fruition links. The three—craving, grasping, and becoming—belong to the present, and are called future causal links. The two links of birth and old age and death belong to the future, and are called fruition links. The past has two links, the present has eight links, and the future has two links; therefore there are twelve links.