Stian Gudmundsen Høiland
Arising in dependence on mind means it does not arise
independent of mind. This qualifies phenomena with “mindness”, which is very
different from how we usually take it. This leads me to saying that depending
on mind means it does not arise in reality, since reality is held to be
mind-independence.
But arising in dependence, sheerly that, means there is
no source or ground, and there is no giving rise. When we hear the sound of a
chirping bird, does it arise from the bird? No. Does it arise from the ear? No.
Does it arise from awareness? No.
There is no singular, final source or ariser, nothing at
all gives rise to it, not even “the collection of conditions”, since a
collection of non-arisers do not together make an ariser. It is difficult to
understand that this means that the sound arises dependently.