妙法蓮華經玄義 2.96

2.96

十二時者，「無明」是過去諸結時。「行」是過去諸行時。「識」者，相續心及眷屬時。「名、色」者，已受生相續，未生四種色根，六入未具。一、歌邏羅，二、阿浮陀，三、卑尸，四、伽那，五、波羅奢訶。如是等時，名「名色」。「六入」，已生四種色根，具足六入。此諸根未能為觸作所依，是時名「六入」。此諸根已能為觸作所依，未別苦、樂，不能避危害，捉火觸毒，把刃不淨，是時名「觸」。能分別苦、樂，避危害等，能生貪愛，不起婬欲，於一切物不生染著，是時名「受」。具上三受，是時名「愛」。以貪境故，四方追求，是時名「取」。追求之時，起身、口、意，是時名「有」。如現在識在於未來，是時名「生」。如現在名色、六入、觸、受，於未來，是時名「老死」。

As for the twelve periods: 'ignorance' is the period of the various past defilements. 'Action' is the period of the various past volitional actions. 'Consciousness' is the period of the mind of continuation and its retinue. 'Name-and-form' is when one has already received rebirth in continuity, but the four kinds of form-faculties have not yet arisen and the six sense bases are not yet complete: first, kalala; second, abbuda; third, pesi; fourth, ghana; fifth, praśākhā. Such periods are named 'name-and-form.' 'Six sense bases' is when the four kinds of form-faculties have already arisen and the six sense bases are complete; when these faculties are not yet able to serve as the basis for contact, this period is named the 'six sense bases.' When these faculties are already able to serve as the basis for contact, but do not yet distinguish suffering and pleasure, cannot avoid harm, grasp fire and touch poison, or take hold of blades and filth, this period is named 'contact.' When one is able to distinguish suffering and pleasure, avoid harm, and so forth, and can give rise to craving but does not give rise to lust, and does not produce defiled attachment to any object, this period is named 'feeling.' When possessing the three feelings mentioned above, this period is named 'craving.' When, on account of craving objects, one seeks in the four directions, this period is named 'grasping.' At the time of seeking, giving rise to body, speech, and mind, this period is named 'existence.' When consciousness, like the present consciousness, is in the future, this period is named 'birth.' When name-and-form, the six sense bases, contact, and feeling, like those in the present, are in the future, this period is named 'aging and death.'