[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) › [花嚴經文義綱目](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734) › 1.45 # 花嚴經文義綱目 1.45 花嚴經文義綱目 1.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.45) 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，此約人天位。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，諸漏盡故，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 has diverse varieties according with the capacities of the multitude: It may be identical to the ordinary and not noble, as in seeing a three-foot body with black elephant feet, or a tree-spirit body, etc.—this is regarding the stages 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 reward body born of parents, formed of the four great elements, and thus identical to an ordinary body; yet possessing the fivefold Dharma-body and with all outflows eradicated, it is noble. Or it is neither ordinary nor noble, because it is subsumed under the three bodies of the Mahāyāna, not identical to the noble arhat of the Hīnayāna. Or it is an emanation and not the Dharma or reward \[body\], because it possesses the eight aspects in Jambudvīpa, with that true reward \[body\] separately established at the summit of the form realm, as expounded in the \*Brahmajāla Sūtra\* and other texts—this is regarding the Initial Teaching. Or it is the reward and not the Dharma or emanation \[body\], as this very body possesses the twenty-one kinds of superlative virtues, being an enjoyment body (saṃbhogakāya), as expounded at the beginning of the \*Buddhabhūmi Sūtra\*—this is regarding the Final Teaching. Or it is the Dharma and not the reward or emanation \[body\], because form is identical to thusness, as a sūtra says: "My body right now is precisely the Dharma-body"—this is regarding the Sudden Teaching. Or it is both Dharma, reward, and emanation, according to the three previous explanations. Or it is neither Dharma, reward, nor emanation, because it is the ten Buddhas, pervades the three realms, and is fully endowed with host and retinue, as expounded below in this sūtra—this is regarding the Perfect Teaching. Therefore, this body of Śākyamuni is perfectly integrated and unimpeded, exceedingly difficult to conceive. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.44) - [Next: 1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.46) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734~en-mt.1.45) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [華嚴經探玄記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.2.19) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1734.1.45) · Pramāṇa