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The twelve links
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Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā of Nāgārjuna
mūlamadhyamakakārikā, section 26
Mūlamadhyamakavṛtti-akutobhayā of Nāgārjuna, section 26
Piṅgala's Commentary on Nāgārjuna's Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikā, section 26
Buddhapālita-mūlamadhyamakavṛtti of Buddhapālita, section 26
Sthiramati's Commentary on Nāgārjuna's Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikā, section 26
Prajñāpradīpamūlamadhyamakavṛtti of Bhāvaviveka, section 26
Prasannapadā of Candrakīrtī, section 542:1
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- Things all arise dependently; all that have been explained and their differences are like illusions
- Agency derives from ignorance and leads to transmigration
- When ignorance ceases the twelve links cease
- Entities from dependent origination are designated to be (ultimate) existents through discrimination
- While the twelve links are established in terms of the conventional truth, they neither arise nor cease in terms of the ultimate truth
- The meaning of the arising and ceasing of the twelve links explained by the Madhyamaka is compatible with that in the Abhidharma sutras