大方廣佛華嚴經疏 4.29
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4.29
Tenth, from "all Buddhas of the three periods of time" onward, [shows] the body of power and sustenance, able to sustain self and other, the dependent and the primary [retributions]. Therein, it first sustains the primary retribution. "Spiritual" refers to wondrous wisdom; "transformation" refers to manifesting bodies. Transformation and manifestation are both called "transformation"; he is able to sustain all of them. If he sustains others, how much more so his own affairs! The subsequent passage is also like this. Later, from "all Buddha lands" onward, [shows] the ability to sustain the dependent retribution. Horizontally exhausting all lands and vertically exhausting all kalpas, he constantly sustains all adornments, causing them to appear. The above is according to the ten bodies. If according to the three bodies, then the first three sections are all called the recompense-body; from "and constantly" onward is the transformation-body; from "the body pervades the ten directions" onward is the dharmakāya. Within the recompense-body, the first is the recompense for self-enjoyment, and the latter two are the recompense for the enjoyment of others; hence it says "dwelling among the assembly of bodhisattvas." While various teachings speak of three bodies or four bodies, with distinctions between their accomplishment and exposition, they are now all perfectly interpenetrated: in a single initial accomplishment, there are none that are not suddenly complete with the ten bodies as the primary [standard], with the meanings of the three and four [bodies] being concomitantly included. Furthermore, taming beings inside a hair, sustaining kṣetras within radiance, and pervading like empty space are also the perfect interpenetration of the ten bodies and the three realms of existence such as the lands; how could there be any distinction between recompense and transformation? From this we know that when the lord of the teaching is briefly praised with ten virtues, each and every virtue is completely and perfectly interpenetrated; one should reflect on this, setting aside emotional thought.
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