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妙法蓮華經玄義 8.20

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8.20

If one says that "extinction and crossing over" is biased and does not contain the three virtues, we now explain it as containing them: extinction is liberation; liberation must have its person, and that person is the dharma-kāya; the dharma-kāya is not just a body, but must possess numinous wisdom, and numinous wisdom is prajñā. Furthermore, "great" is the dharma-kāya, "extinction" is liberation, and "crossing over" is prajñā. Merely setting forth "extinction and crossing over," it contains the three manifestly; how could it be untranslatable? If one clings to a single word, then they condemn each other and fail to fathom the Buddha's intent, as has already been stated above.

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