[The correct interpretation of conditioned co-arising involves] another fourfold classification: clarification of twelvefold conditioned co-arising conceptually understood as arising and perishing; clarification of twelvefold conditioned co-arising conceptually understood as neither arising nor perishing; clarification of twelvefold conditioned co-arising as beyond conceptual understanding yet as arising and perishing; and clarification of twelvefold conditioned co-arising as beyond conceptual understanding and as neither arising nor perishing.³⁷⁵

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[T]hese four correspond respectively to the Tripiṭaka Teaching, the Shared Teaching, the Distinct Teaching, and the Perfect Teaching. return