大般涅槃經義記 5.290

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或分為四：無明及行、生與老死，舉無明支攝愛、攝取，舉行攝有，舉生攝識，舉老、病、死攝彼名色、六入、觸、受。或說為五：所謂受、愛、取、有及生，舉受攝彼識、名色等，舉愛、舉取攝彼無明，舉有攝行，舉生攝彼老、病、死等。或說為六：三世因果。或說為七：謂識、名色、六入、觸、受及與愛、取，舉彼識等攝生、老、死，舉愛、舉取攝彼無明，略無行、有。或說為八：除無明行、生及老、死，說餘八種，舉彼識等攝生、老、死，舉愛、取、有攝無明行，所以除之。或說九種，除前三支攝入餘中，是以除之。亦應說十，文略不辯。或說十一，除生一法攝入餘中。或說十二，如為迦葉，迦葉先是緣覺性人，故佛為說十二緣法而得悟道。

Or they are divided into four: ignorance, karmic formations, birth, and aging-and-death; mentioning the link of ignorance subsumes craving and grasping; mentioning karmic formations subsumes existence; mentioning birth subsumes consciousness; mentioning aging, sickness, and death subsumes name-and-form, the six sense bases, contact, and feeling. Or they are spoken of as five: namely, feeling, craving, grasping, existence, and birth; mentioning feeling subsumes consciousness, name-and-form, and so forth; mentioning craving and grasping subsumes ignorance; mentioning existence subsumes karmic formations; mentioning birth subsumes aging, sickness, death, and so forth. Or they are spoken of as six: the causes and effects of the three periods of time. Or they are spoken of as seven: namely, consciousness, name-and-form, the six sense bases, contact, feeling, as well as craving and grasping; mentioning consciousness and so forth subsumes birth and aging-and-death; mentioning craving and grasping subsumes ignorance, omitting karmic formations and existence. Or they are spoken of as eight: omitting ignorance, karmic formations, birth, and aging-and-death, and speaking of the other eight, because mentioning consciousness and so forth subsumes birth and aging-and-death, and mentioning craving, grasping, and existence subsumes ignorance and karmic formations—hence they are omitted. Or nine kinds are spoken of, omitting the first three links because they are subsumed under the rest—hence they are omitted. Ten should also be spoken of, but the text abbreviates and does not explain them. Or eleven are spoken of, omitting the single dharma of birth because it is subsumed under the rest. Or twelve are spoken of, as for Kāśyapa; Kāśyapa was previously someone of the pratyekabuddha nature, so the Buddha taught him the twelve links of dependent origination and he thereby attained awakening to the path.