[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [四教義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929) › 6.14 # 四教義 6.14 四教義 6.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.6.14) 十二因緣有三種不同：一者三世十二因緣，二者二世十二因緣，三者一世十二因緣。三世破斷常，二世破我，一世破性也。一明三世十二因緣者，過去二因，現在五果；現在三因，未來二果。過去二因者，謂無明、行。現在五果，謂識、名色、六入、觸、受。現在三因者，謂愛、取、有。未來二果者，謂生、老死憂悲苦聚。是為三世合明十二因緣。是十二因緣有三種道：一煩惱道，二苦道，三業道。是三道更互為因緣，從無始已來生死不絕至于今身。若不修觀智，未來流轉，憂悲苦惱無有邊際。若修觀智，則無明滅，乃至老死憂悲苦惱皆悉滅也。譬如千年闇室，若不置之一燈，其室方將永闇，若置之一燈，則故闇皆滅、新闇不生。若聞此十二因緣發真無漏，則無明滅，乃至老死憂悲苦聚皆滅，是名因緣覺也。 > The twelve links of dependent origination have three different \[modes\]: first, the twelve links across three lifetimes; second, the twelve links across two lifetimes; third, the twelve links within a single lifetime. The three lifetimes refute annihilationism and eternalism; the two lifetimes refute a self; the single lifetime refutes intrinsic nature. First, to explain the twelve links across three lifetimes: two causes of the past, five effects of the present; three causes of the present, two effects of the future. The two causes of the past are ignorance and conditioned volitions. The five effects of the present are consciousness, name-and-form, the six sense bases, contact, and feeling. The three causes of the present are craving, clinging, and becoming. The two effects of the future are birth, and old age and death with the mass of sorrow, lamentation, and suffering. These are the twelve links explained together across the three lifetimes. These twelve links involve three paths: first, the path of afflictions; second, the path of suffering; third, the path of karma. These three paths serve mutually as causes and conditions for one another, and from beginningless time samsāra has continued unbroken down to the present body. If one does not cultivate contemplative wisdom, then rolling on through transmigration in the future, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, and distress will be boundless. If one cultivates contemplative wisdom, then ignorance ceases, up through old age, death, sorrow, lamentation, and suffering all ceasing as well. For example, like a dark room of a thousand years, if one does not place a single lamp in it, that room will remain forever dark; but if one places a single lamp in it, then the old darkness is entirely extinguished and new darkness is not born. If one hears of these twelve links and gives rise to genuine untainted \[wisdom\], then ignorance ceases, up through old age, death, and the mass of sorrow and suffering ceasing as well; this is called being awakened through conditions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.6.13) - [Next: 6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.6.15) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929~en-mt.6.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [仁王般若經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1707.1.32) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1929.6.14) · Pramāṇa