法華玄論 2.48

2.48

答：今請問長者眷屬圍繞，為是法身、為是應身？若是法身，云何而有眷屬圍繞、出內取與？復云何言中止一城？是釋迦應身者，脫珍御服著弊垢衣，復喻何身耶？今所明者，長者嚴飾，即舍那身；出內取與，謂舍那教。若爾，舍那形教蘊在《法華》之中，法華教豈不說常耶？復云何言是半字耶？若《法華》是無常半字教者，舍那佛教義亦應然。

Answer: Now I ask: is the elder surrounded by his retinue the dharmakāya or the saṃbhogakāya/nirmāṇakāya? If it is the dharmakāya, how could he have a retinue surrounding him, managing finances and giving and receiving? And how could it say that he halted midway in a city? If it is Śākyamuni’s nirmāṇakāya, then what body does taking off his precious attire and putting on coarse, dirty garments illustrate? What is now explained is that the elder adorned and dignified is the Rocana body; his managing finances and giving and receiving refers to the Rocana teaching. If so, Rocana’s form and teaching are contained within the Lotus Sūtra; how could the teaching of the Lotus Sūtra not speak of permanence? How could it still be called a half-letter [teaching]? If the Lotus Sūtra were an impermanent, half-letter teaching, the meaning of the Rocana Buddha’s teaching should also be the same.