釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.47

4.47

First, explaining the treatment for the disease of delusion regarding annihilation and permanence: perverted thinking clings, either giving rise to the view of permanence or giving rise to the view of annihilation, thereby destroying cause and effect—the symptoms of the disease are as explained before. As for the method of counteraction, one should teach the contemplation of the twelve links of dependent origination across the three times: past has two, present has eight, and future has two; these are the twelve links of dependent origination. The three times are mutually conditioned, neither permanent nor annihilated, as a sūtra verse states: