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Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra, Volume Ten (The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination)

Original text: 如前所说。八缘起门。几门是十二支缘起所显。几门非耶。答。三门是彼所显。谓二一分所显。一全分所显。余门非。何等为二一分所显。谓内识生门。自业所作门。何等为一全分所显。谓有情世间转门。 

Explanation: As stated previously, among the eight gates of dependent arising, how many gates are manifested by the twelve links of dependent arising, and how many are not? The answer: three gates are manifested by them, and the rest are not manifested by the twelve links of dependent arising. Among these, two gates are manifested by a portion of the twelve links of dependent arising, and one gate is manifested by the entirety of the twelve links of dependent arising. Which two gates are manifested by a portion of the twelve links of dependent arising? The gate of the arising of inner consciousness and the gate of one's own karma and its effects are manifested by a portion of the twelve links of dependent arising. Which gate is manifested by the entirety of the twelve links of dependent arising? It is the gate of the revolving of the sentient-being world that is manifested by the twelve links of dependent arising. 

Original text: 问。不如实知。缘起道理者。有几种过患耶。答。有五。谓起我见。及能发起前际俱行见。如前际俱行见。如是后际俱行见。前后际俱行见亦尔。又于彼见猛利坚执。有取有怖。于现法中。不般涅槃。是名第五过患。问。如实知者。有几种胜利耶。答。翻前五过应知。胜利亦有五种。

Explanation: Question: For those who cannot truly and realistically understand the principle of dependent arising, how many kinds of faults are there? Answer: There are five kinds of faults: first, they can give rise to the self-view (ātma-dṛṣṭi); second, they can give rise to views concomitant with the past limit (the views associated with the past); third, just like the views associated with the past limit, they can also give rise to the views concomitant with the future limit and the views concomitant with both the past and future limits; fourth, they will further develop fierce and firm grasping onto these views without letting go; fifth, in the present existence, they cannot attain parinirvāṇa. Question: For those who can truly and realistically understand the principle of dependent arising, how many kinds of excellent benefits are there? Answer: Based on the five faults mentioned above, one should know that there are correspondingly five kinds of excellent benefits.

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