[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) › [觀音義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728) › 2.51 # 觀音義疏 2.51 觀音義疏 2.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.51) 復次，變易土明應佛者，小乘經云：「三界外無生，大乘五種意生身方生方便土。」此即三界外受生生變易土也。《釋論》云：「法性身菩薩生三界外。」既有生，寧無應佛？《法華》云：「我於餘國作佛，更有異名。」即是此義也。此應佛即有兩相：一、示勝應身，圓滿相海，如前實報之應，二、示劣應，令見者劣於前。但為二佛更，不示為種種諸身。何故爾？五種意生利鈍之別，赴此根性，故示二身，但說次第、不次第兩種大乘，故不須餘身、餘法化也。若圓人無明未破及已分破、別人於回向中及分破無明者，此人生於彼土則利，別人未修未破，及通教斷惑者、三藏中斷惑者，生彼皆鈍也。 > Furthermore, explaining the response Buddha in the land of transformational \[birth and death\]: small-vehicle sūtras say, "Outside the three realms there is no rebirth"; \[whereas\] the great vehicle \[states that\] only with the five kinds of mind-made bodies is one born into the expedient land. This is precisely taking birth outside the three realms, being born into the land of transformational \[birth and death\]. The Dazhidu lun says: "Bodhisattvas with bodies of dharma-nature are born outside the three realms." Since there is birth, how could there not be a response Buddha? The Lotus Sūtra says: "In other lands I become a Buddha, having different names yet again." This is precisely this meaning. This response Buddha then has two aspects: first, manifesting a superior response body, an ocean of complete marks, like the response in the true reward \[land\] described before; second, manifesting an inferior response, making those who see it view it as inferior to the former. Yet he only acts as these two Buddhas, and does not further manifest as various other bodies. Why is this? The five kinds of mind-made bodies have distinctions of sharp and dull; responding to these capacities, he therefore manifests two bodies, and only preaches the two kinds of Mahāyāna—gradual and non-gradual. Therefore, other bodies and other dharmas are not needed to transform them. If persons of the Perfect \[Teaching\] have not yet broken ignorance or have already partially broken it, or if persons of the Separate \[Teaching\] are within the dedications of merit or have partially broken ignorance, when such persons are born in that land they are sharp; persons of the Separate \[Teaching\] who have not yet cultivated and broken it, as well as those who severed delusions in the Shared Teaching and those who severed delusions in the Tripiṭaka \[Teaching\], are all dull when born there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.50) - [Next: 2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.52) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728~en-mt.2.51) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.2.51) · Pramāṇa