Reverse contemplation of good fortune - Engi no Gyakkan

…On the other hand, if there is no birth, there is no aging and death, and if there is no ignorance, there is no action. This is called the reverse view of dependent origination. In this way, the twelve links are laws that summarize the results of an analysis of the causal structure of the cycle of birth and death based on the basic view of dependent origination, which is "this exists, therefore that exists" and "this does not exist, therefore that does not exist." …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "reverse contemplation of lucky origins" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…逆に生がなければ老死がなく，無明がなければ行もないとみる。これを縁起の逆観という。このように十二因縁は〈此れ有るが故に彼れ有り〉〈此れ無きが故に彼れ無し〉という基本的な縁起観にもとづいて，生死流転の因果構造を分析した結果をまとめた法則である。…

※「縁起の逆観」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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