(术语)即十二缘起也。
Law of Dependent Origination == 缘起法
It states that all phenomenon arise depending upon a number of casual factors. In other word, it exists in condition that the other exist; it has in condition that others have; it extinguishes in condition that others extinguish; it has not in condition that others have not. For existence, there are twelve links in the chain:
Ignorance is the condition for karmic activity; karmic activity is the condition for consciousness; consciousness is the condition for the name and form; name and form is the condition for the six sense organs; six sense organs are the condition for contact; contact is the condition for feeling; feeling is the condition for emotional love/craving; emotional love/craving is the condition for grasping; grasping is the condition for existing; existing is the condition for birth; birth is the condition for old age and death; old age and death is the condition for ignorance; and so on.
品类足论六卷九页云:缘起法云何?谓有为法。 - 朱芾煌
指依条件生灭的理则与现象,如「当这个存在了,就会有那个(此有故彼有);以这个的生起,那个就生起(此起故彼起)」是缘起的「流转理则」,「当这个不存在了,就没有那个(此无故彼无);以这个的灭,那个就灭了(此灭故彼灭)」是缘起的「还灭理则」。「以无明为条件而有行(缘无明行),以行为条件而有识(缘行识),以识为条件而有名色(缘识名色),以名色为条件而有六入处(缘名色六入处),以六入处为条件而有触(缘六入处触),以触为条件而有受(缘触受),以受为条件而有爱(缘受爱),以爱为条件而有取(缘爱取),以取为条件而有有(缘取有),以有为条件而有生(缘有生),以生为条件而有老死(缘生老死)。」是缘起的流转现象,称为「十二缘起、缘起十二支、十二支缘起、十二缘法、十二因缘」,如果将「无明」含在「触」(即「无明触」)中,将「行」含在「爱」中,则称为「缘起十支说、十支缘起」,如果只说明「爱、取、有、生、老死」,则称为「缘起五支说、五支缘起」。「从无明的褪去无余灭而行灭(无明灭故行灭);从行灭而识灭(行灭故识灭)……从生灭而老病死灭(生灭故老病死灭)。」是缘起的「还灭现象」。另译为「因缘法」 - 庄春江居士编