金光明經文句記 4.143

4.143

Second, from "In accordance with time" downward, explaining the mutual devouring of the marks of origination, which has two [parts]: first, explaining cause and fruit in contrast, which has four [parts]: first, explaining increase, decrease, and mutual harm. Vertically regarding the ten periods, the Great Sūtra says: "First, the period of the kalala differs; second, the period of the arbudha differs; third, the period of the peśī differs; fourth, the period of the ghana differs; fifth, the period of initial birth differs; sixth, the period of infancy differs; seventh, the period of childhood differs; eighth, the period of youth differs; ninth, the period of prime adulthood differs; tenth, the period of old age and death differs." Furthermore, although thought-to-thought arising and ceasing lies in the mind, one must know that the four great elements also increase and decrease accordingly. Furthermore, the new sense faculties refer to the time of birth, and the old sense faculties refer to the time of death. Again, food and drink nourishing blood and flesh are the new, while eye rheum, earwax, and the like are the old.