法華文句記 10.3

10.3

Proclaiming extinction in the traces generally pertains to the three bodies, and again has two [parts]: first, general establishment; from "As in the Vimalakīrti..." downward is the explanation. In the explanation, it first clarifies that the three bodies, not being extinguished, proclaim extinction; next, it clarifies that the three bodies constantly abide and are not extinguished; third, it clarifies that the three bodies are neither arising nor extinguished. Because they are not extinguished, proclaiming extinction is not extinction; because they are neither arising nor extinguished, it is called non-extinction; to speak of them comprehensively reveals non-extinction. The first text itself has three [parts]; first, clarifying the dharmakāya, which has six [parts]. First, borrowing the text of the Vimalakīrti to establish the thesis: