法華玄論 9.146

9.146

答：〈涌出〉云「我於伽耶城，爾乃化度之。」豈非則近指伽耶以為久遠？既指伽耶為久，亦指久為伽耶。生公正用此意云：「極決彼長壽則伽耶是也。伽耶是者，非復伽耶。伽耶既非，彼長何獨是乎？欲顯不長不短，長短斯亡，然後久近適化也。」又《大經》迦葉頻難：現見此身無常。如來還答：此身是常。又云「吾今此身即是法身，非血肉之所成立。」《淨名》云「佛身者即法身也。」如此等經皆是合而不開。

Answer: The "Welling Forth" [chapter] says: "I, at the city of Gayā, only then transformed and saved them." Is this not pointing directly to recent Gayā as the long past? Since Gayā is pointed to as the long past, the long past is also pointed to as Gayā. Master Daosheng precisely employed this idea, saying: "If one definitively determines that long lifespan, then Gayā is it. If Gayā is it, it is no longer Gayā. Since Gayā is negated, how could that length alone be affirmed? Wishing to reveal neither long nor short, length and shortness are both extinguished, and only then do long past and recent adapt to transform [beings]." Furthermore, in the Great Scripture, Kāśyapa repeatedly objected: We presently see that this body is impermanent. The Tathāgata responded in turn: This body is permanent. He also said: "My present body is precisely the dharmakāya, not formed of flesh and blood." The Vimalakīrtinirdeśa says: "The Buddha's body is precisely the dharmakāya." Such scriptures as these are all uniting without opening.