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仁王經疏 2.325

仁王經疏 2.325

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2.325

釋曰:第二、如來正答。文別有二:初略答、後廣釋。此即初也。謂以如幻之身者,是能化菩薩。見幻化者,是所化如幻。此如幻者,自有兩釋。一云:能化所化皆是依他,而非實故,說之如幻。如《阿毘達磨經》八喻顯依化。一云:無故如幻,因緣所生法皆是空故,說之如幻。如諸般若下,答文中皆准此釋。

Explanation: Second, the Tathāgata's direct answer. The text has two distinct parts: first a brief answer, and next an extensive explanation. This is the first. 'By an illusory body' refers to the converting bodhisattva. 'Seeing what is illusory and transformed' refers to the converted being like an illusion. Regarding this 'like an illusion', there are naturally two explanations. One says: Both the converter and the converted are dependent-arising (paratantra) and not real, hence spoken of as like an illusion. Just as the eight analogies in the Abhidharmasūtra illustrate dependent transformation. Another says: Because they are non-existent, they are like an illusion; since dharmas arisen from causes and conditions are all empty, they are spoken of as like an illusion. The answers in the various prajñā texts below are all to be explained according to this.

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