坐禪三昧經 2.86

2.86

是中十二因緣，一切世間非無因緣邊、非天邊、非人邊，非種種等邪緣邊出。菩薩觀十二因緣，繫心不動不令外念；外念諸緣攝之令還。觀十二分生三世中：前生、今生、後生。菩薩若得心住，當觀十二分空無有主。癡不知我作行，行不知我從癡有，但無明緣故行生。如草木種從子芽出，子亦不知我生芽，芽亦不知從子出，乃至老死亦復如是！是十二分中，一一觀知無主無我，如外草木無主，但從倒見計有吾我。

Among these, the twelve links of dependent origination for all the world do not arise from the extreme of having no causes and conditions, nor from the extreme of gods, nor from the extreme of human beings, nor from the extreme of various erroneous conditions. When a bodhisattva contemplates the twelve links of dependent origination, they bind the mind without moving and do not let it wander externally; if it wanders externally toward various conditions, they gather it and bring it back. They contemplate the twelve links arising across the three periods of time: previous life, present life, and future life. If the bodhisattva attains mental stability, they should contemplate the twelve links as empty and devoid of a master: ignorance does not know 'I create formations', formations do not know 'I exist because of ignorance'; it is merely because ignorance is a condition that formations arise. Just as from the seed of grass or a tree a sprout comes forth, and the seed does not know 'I produce the sprout', nor does the sprout know 'I come forth from the seed', up to aging and death, it is also like this! Among these twelve links, one contemplates and knows each one to be without a master and without a self, just like external grass and trees having no master; it is only from inverted views that a self is falsely conceived.