宗鏡錄 77.5

77.5

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.