仁王經疏 3.241

English (machine translation) 3.241

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3.241

Explanation: Sixth, the expedient means of transformation. As for 'transformation' (bianhua), it is an alternative name for 'alteration' (bianyi). Therefore the *Prakaraṇāryavācā* and the *Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi*, relying on this, refer to alteration-saṃsāra as 'transformation-birth.' This explains that a bodhisattva on the stages (bhūmis), through the power of vows, takes alteration-birth in pure lands and does not take a portion-and-section body of the three realms; hence it is called the 'expedient means of transformation.'

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