Q: This Twelvefold Conditioned Co-arising consists of how many causes and how many results?

A: There are two causes from the past, five results of the present, three causes from the present, and two results of the future.

Q: What are the two causes from the past and so forth?

A: The two causes from the past are (1) ignorance and (2) volitional activity. The five results of the present are (1) consciousness, (2) name and form, (3) the six senses, (4) contact, and (5) experience. The three causes from the present are (1) passion, (2) attachment, and (3) existence. The two results of the future are (1) rebirth and (2) decay and death.