觀音義疏 2.49

2.49

Answer: Buddha bodies are of many kinds; if they are responses and transformations, they are not the real Buddha, nor are they the speaker of Dharma. As for the real Buddha, based upon the dharma body of wondrous awakening, Vairocana at the ultimate, supreme stage is indeed called the real Buddha. The real Buddha is profound and distant, impossible to speak of or display; how could anyone understand him? Just as Mañjuśrī did not recognize what Gadgadasvara did, how much less could the real body be shown to ordinary beings on lower planes? It is like playing the lute to cows and sheep: it would be better to make the sound of mosquitoes and gnats.