宗鏡錄 77.5

77.5

答。無有主宰。作者受者。無自作用。不得自在。從因而生。託眾緣轉。本無而有。有已散滅。唯法所顯。能潤所潤。墮相續法。名為緣生。論云。由煩惱繫縛。往諸趣中。數數生死。故名緣起。又因名緣起。果名緣生。

Answer: Having no sovereign ruler, no agent, and no experiencer, possessing no self-function, lacking autonomy, arising from causes, turning dependent upon multiple conditions, originally non-existent and then becoming existent, and having existed then dispersing and perishing, revealed solely by phenomena, capable of moistening and being moistened, and falling into the category of continuous succession—this is called "conditioned arising." A treatise states: "Due to the binding fetters of afflictions (kleśa), one goes to various destinies (gati) and is repeatedly born and dies; hence it is called 'dependent origination.'" Moreover, the cause is called dependent origination, and the fruit is called conditioned arising.