[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723) › 5.91 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.91 妙法蓮華經玄贊 5.91 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.91) 《顯揚論》說「依變化身非業果身」，故不違理。《成唯識》說「即是變易生死別名」，此意說言，未發心前現身有限，由受記後發大誓願求大菩提度有情類，便入邊際無漏勝定，資昔所作感今身業，令其長時與果不絕。此所資業，由無漏資，展轉微妙舊麁異熟，已後微細廣大殊妙異於本故，猶如變化，由此變易異於舊時名變易生死，數數資長乃至成佛，由彼分段生死雖皆永盡，說過三百由旬化作一城，變易未盡說更二百由旬方至寶所故。分段生死雖皆永盡，受變易生乃至作佛，趣寂聲聞便無此事。故《勝鬘》云「無明住地為緣、無漏業為因，有阿羅漢、辟支佛、大力菩薩三種意生身生。」廣如《瑜伽》、《佛地》、《唯識》別章等說。 > The Prakaraṇāryavācā says: 'It relies on the transformation body, not the body of karmic fruition,' so it does not contradict reason. The Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi says: 'It is simply an alternative name for transmutative saṃsāra.' The intent of this statement is: before generating the mind, their present body is limited; but after receiving prophecy, having generated the great vow to seek great bodhi and deliver sentient beings, they immediately enter the summit uncontaminated supreme samādhi, sustaining the karma performed in the past that produced the present body so that it continues to yield fruit for a long period without interruption. Because this sustained karma is sustained by the uncontaminated, it gradually becomes subtle and wondrous, differing from the original coarse vipāka by becoming subsequently subtle, vast, and exceedingly wondrous, like a transformation; because this transmutation differs from that of former times, it is called transmutative saṃsāra, being repeatedly sustained and nurtured until buddhahood is attained. Although their portioned saṃsāra has all been forever exhausted, it is taught that after passing three hundred yojanas a city was conjured, and because transmutative \[saṃsāra\] is not yet exhausted, it is taught that after another two hundred yojanas one finally reaches the treasure cache. Thus, although portioned saṃsāra has all been forever exhausted, they undergo transmutative births until they become buddhas; for śrāvakas who tend toward quiescence, there is no such matter. Therefore the Śrīmālā\[-sūtra\] says: 'With the entrenchment of ignorance as condition and uncontaminated karma as cause, there arises the three kinds of mind-made bodies of arhats, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas of great power.' This is explained in detail in special chapters of the Yogācārabhūmi, Buddhabhūmi\[-sūtra-śāstra\], Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi, and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.90) - [Next: 5.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.92) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.5.91) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.5.91) · Pramāṇa