華嚴經探玄記 2.19

2.19

第三顯差別者，此一釋迦身，隨應群機差別多種，或同凡而非聖，如見三尺黑象脚身及樹神身等，此在人天位。或是聖而非凡，以同羅漢聖人身故。或亦凡亦聖，以是父母所生實報身故，四大成故，同凡身也；具五分法身，諸流盡故，是聖也。或非凡非聖，以是大乘三身攝故，非同小乘羅漢聖故。或是化非法報，以具八相在閻浮故，色頂別立彼實報故，如《梵網經》等說，此約初教。或是報非法化，即此身具二十一種殊勝功德，受用身故，如《佛地經》初說，此約終教。或是法非報化，以色即如故，經云「吾今此身即是法身。」此約頓教。或亦法亦報化，如前三說故。或非法非報化，以是十佛故、通三世間故、具足主伴故，如此經下文說，此約圓教。是故此釋迦身，圓融無礙極難思也。

Third, revealing distinctions: this single body of Śākyamuni, according to its response to the multitude of capacities, has many different types. It may be identical to ordinary beings and not noble ones, as in seeing a body of three cubits with black elephant feet, or a tree-spirit body, etc.; these are in the ranks of humans and devas. Or it is noble and not ordinary, because it is identical to the body of an arhat noble one. Or it is both ordinary and noble: because it is a true retribution body born of father and mother, composed of the four great elements, it is identical to an ordinary body; possessing the five-part dharmakāya with all outflows exhausted, it is noble. Or it is neither ordinary nor noble, because it is gathered by the Mahāyāna three bodies and is not identical to the arhat noble ones of the Hīnayāna. Or it is transformation and not retribution or Dharma, because it possesses the eight aspects in Jambudvīpa, while the form-summit separately establishes that true retribution [body], as expounded in the Brahmajāla Sūtra and so forth; this is according to the initial teaching. Or it is retribution and not transformation or Dharma, as this very body possesses the twenty-one kinds of extraordinary merits, being the enjoyment body (saṃbhogakāya), as expounded at the beginning of the Buddhabhūmi Sūtra; this is according to the final teaching. Or it is Dharma and not retribution or transformation, because form is identical to Suchness, as the sūtra says: 'My present body is none other than the dharmakāya'; this is according to the sudden teaching. Or it is both Dharma, retribution, and transformation, as expounded in the previous three. Or it is neither Dharma, nor retribution, nor transformation, because it is the ten Buddhas, pervades the three worlds, and is fully equipped with host and retinue, as expounded below in this sūtra; this is according to the perfect teaching. Therefore, this body of Śākyamuni is perfectly interpenetrating and unobstructed, and extremely difficult to conceive.