[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [妙法蓮華經玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716) › 7.49 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.49 妙法蓮華經玄義 7.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.49) 四、約體用明本迹者，由昔最初修行契理，證於法身為本，初得法身本故，即體起應身之用，由於應身得顯法身；本迹雖殊，不思議一。文云：「吾從成佛已來，甚大久遠若斯，但以方便教化眾生，作如此說。」 > Fourth, clarifying the original source and the traces in terms of substance and function: through originally cultivating practice and tallying with the principle, realizing the dharma-kāya is the original source. Because the original source of the dharma-kāya was first attained, from the substance arises the function of the response body; because of the response body, the dharma-kāya is able to be revealed. Although original source and traces are distinct, they are an inconceivable unity. The text says: "Since I attained buddhahood, it has been extremely long and distant like this; yet through expedient means to teach and transform sentient beings, I made such statements." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.48) - [Next: 7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.50) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.7.49) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.1.71) — 志磐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.7.49) · Pramāṇa