俱舍論頌疏論本 9.39

9.39

The commentary states: The first two lines state the names and enumerate the count; the subsequent two lines establish the links based on the lifetimes. As for the twelve links: 1. ignorance, 2. karmic formations, 3. consciousness, 4. name-and-form, 5. the six sense spheres, 6. contact, 7. feeling, 8. craving, 9. grasping, 10. existence, 11. birth, 12. aging and death. As for "three periods": first, the prior period, which is the past; second, the posterior period, which is the future; third, the middle period, which refers to the present existence.