法華義疏 8.31

8.31

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.