妙法蓮華經玄義 2.115

2.115

Second, the conceivable twelve [causes and conditions] of non-arising and non-cessation: this uses the skillful to break the crude. The Madhyamaka-śāstra says: 'For disciples of sharp faculties, he speaks of the twelvefold non-arising and non-cessation.' Folly is like space, up to aging and death being like space; because ignorance is like an illusion and ungraspable, up to aging and death being like an illusion and ungraspable. The Suvarṇaprabhāsa says: 'The substance and characteristics of ignorance inherently do not exist; they exist as a combination through the conditions of false discrimination.' Produced by improper reflection and mental action, it is like an illusionist at a crossroads conjuring various elephants, horses, necklaces, people, and objects: the foolish consider them real, while the wise know they are not real. Ignorance conjures up the circumstantial and direct rewards of the six destinies; one should know that inherently they do not exist, being caused by ignorance. Just as when one knows a rope is originally not a snake, a fearful mind does not arise; not arising, it therefore does not cease. This is named the characteristic of the conceivable twelvefold causes and conditions of non-arising and non-cessation.