[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 4.24 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 4.24 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 4.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.4.24) 疏「一切菩薩不能思故」者，結成難思也，兼對前約人為難。菩薩尚不能思，況人天能見耶？以離心緣相故。二十一種功德中，有無能測身。第八十經云「如來清淨妙法身，一切三界無倫匹，以出世間言語道，其性非有非無故。雖無所依無不住，雖無不至而不去，如空中畫夢所見，當於佛體如是觀。」由非真非應、非一非多故，不可作真應一多等思也。故〈光明覺品〉云「佛身無生超戲論，非是蘊聚差別法。」故難思也。又云「無染無所著，無相無依止，體性不可量，見者咸稱歎。」其文非一。既云菩薩不能思，明唯佛境。 > As for the commentary's stating, "Because all bodhisattvas cannot conceive of it," this concludes by establishing that it is inconceivable, and additionally responds to the earlier objection regarding persons. If even bodhisattvas cannot conceive of it, how much less could humans and devas see it? This is because it is free from the marks of mental conditioning. Among the twenty-one kinds of virtues, there is the unmeasurable body. The eightieth fascicle of the sūtra says: "The Tathāgata's pure and wondrous dharmakāya / Is peerless throughout all three realms. / Because it transcends the worldly path of words, / Its nature is neither existent nor non-existent. / Although having nothing to rely on, there is nowhere it does not abide; / Although reaching everywhere, it does not go away. / Like a painting in the sky or what is seen in a dream, / One should view the Buddha's essence in this way." Because it is neither true nor response, neither one nor many, it cannot be conceived of as true or response, one or many, and so forth. Hence the "Chapter on Awakening by Light" says: "The Buddha's body is unarisen and transcends prapañca; / It is not a differentiated phenomenon of aggregates and collections." Therefore it is inconceivable. It also says: "Untainted and without attachment, / Formless and without support, / Its essence cannot be measured; / All who see it praise it." Such passages are not just one. Since it says that bodhisattvas cannot conceive of it, this makes clear that it is solely the Buddha's realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.4.23) - [Next: 4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.4.25) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.4.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.4.24) · Pramāṇa