般若波羅蜜多心經贊 1.44

1.44

言釋名者，先總後別。言總名者，十二即是總標其數，如《緣起經》，如是諸分，各由自緣和合無闕相續而起，故名緣起；依《瑜伽論》，因名緣覺，果名緣生。於此名中舉數顯宗故，六釋中是帶數釋。後出別名者，三際中愚，於境不了，故名無明。福等三業，遷流造作，名之為行。眼等八識，了別境界，故名為識。相等、色等，召表質礙，故曰名色。眼等六根，生長心等，名為六處。苦等三觸，對前境故名為觸。苦等三受，領順、違等，名之為受。自體等貪，染自境故名為愛。欲等四取，執取境等，名之為取。行、識等種，能招生等，故名為有。識等五法，本無今有，名之為生。即彼五法，衰變滅壞，故名老死。

Regarding the explanation of the names: first general, then specific. As for the general name: "twelve" generally indicates their number. As in the Pratītyasamutpāda-sūtra, because these members arise in succession through the complete assembly of their respective conditions without lack, it is called dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda); relying on the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra, the causes are called condition-awakeners, and the fruits are called dependently originated. In this name, citing the number reveals the primary tenet; therefore, among the six compound types, it is a compound bearing a number. Next, presenting the specific names: Delusion regarding the three periods of time and lack of clear understanding regarding objects is called "ignorance." The three karmas of merit and so forth, shifting and fabricating, are called "formations." The eight consciousnesses of the eye and so forth, discerning cognitive objects, are called "consciousness." Name and so forth, and form and so forth, denoting, indicating, and obstructing, are called "name-and-form." The six faculties of the eye and so forth, giving rise to and growing mind and so on, are called the "six bases." The three contacts of suffering and so forth, confronting the objects before them, are called "contact." The three feelings of suffering and so forth, receiving the agreeable, disagreeable, and so forth, are called "feeling." Craving for one's own body and so forth, contaminating one's own domain, is called "craving." The four graspings of desire and so forth, grasping objects and so on, are called "grasping." The seeds of formations, consciousness, and so forth, capable of producing birth and so on, are called "existence." The five dharmas of consciousness and so forth, existing now where they previously did not exist, are called "birth." Those very five dharmas, decaying, changing, and being destroyed, are called "aging and death."