[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法華義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721) › 8.31 # 法華義疏 8.31 法華義疏 8.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.31) 「如來復有無量功德」者，第二、廣嘆佛德。就文為二：初、長行；次、偈頌。長行為二：初、略標佛德無盡；第二、廣釋佛德無窮。上明言巧事實者，蓋是一方之迹，未盡無方之化；無方之化，非迦葉之所能窮也。《淨名經》明佛三號，大千聲聞如阿難總持，以一劫壽不能受持，況無量號？號尚如是，況復功德？所以然者，法身即是實相，實相無邊故功德無邊，應身有眾生數等方便，即功德亦不可盡。 > Regarding 'The Tathāgata also has immeasurable virtues': second, broadly praising the Buddha's virtues. In the text there are two parts: first, prose; second, verses. The prose has two parts: first, briefly indicating the Buddha's endless virtues; second, broadly explaining the Buddha's inexhaustible virtues. The skillful words and factual truth explained above were merely traces of one sphere, not yet exhausting his boundless transformation; boundless transformation is beyond what Kāśyapa could fathom. The Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra explains that if śrāvakas of a trichiliocosm, possessing total retention like Ānanda, were to spend a lifespan of an eon, they could not maintain even three titles of the Buddha, much less immeasurable titles! If titles are like this, how much more so his virtues? The reason for this is that the dharmakāya is none other than the true mark; because the true mark is boundless, virtues are boundless; the response body possesses upāya equal in number to sentient beings, so its virtues are likewise inexhaustible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.30) - [Next: 8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.32) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.8.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.8.31) · Pramāṇa