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法華義疏 7.152

法華義疏 7.152

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Classical Chinese

7.152

二佛有同義亦有異義,同義如向引文,異義如《梵網經》云「本身為舍那,迹身為釋迦」;《像法決疑經》云「或見我身為報佛,為百千釋迦之所圍繞」,此與《梵網》意同。今欲顯二教二身為異,本身說實教化菩薩,迹身說權教化聲聞,故且用舍那、釋迦二佛以明本迹,然身處及教無有定判也。菩薩即見舍那在淨土說大乘,二乘見釋迦居穢土說小教。

The two Buddhas have an aspect of identity and also an aspect of difference. The aspect of identity is as in the text just quoted. The aspect of difference is as the Brahmajāla Sūtra states: 'The fundamental body is Rocana, the trace body is Śākyamuni.' The Sūtra on Resolving Doubts in the Semblance Dharma states: 'Some see my body as the reward Buddha, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Śākyamunis.' This agrees in meaning with the Brahmajāla. Now, wishing to reveal the difference between the two teachings and the two bodies, the fundamental body expounds the real teaching to transform bodhisattvas, and the trace body expounds the expedient teaching to transform śrāvakas. Therefore, we temporarily use the two Buddhas, Rocana and Śākyamuni, to illuminate the fundamental and the trace; yet their bodies, places, and teachings are not definitively segregated. Bodhisattvas see Rocana in the pure land expounding the Mahāyāna; the two vehicles see Śākyamuni dwelling in the defiled land expounding the lesser teaching.

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