大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 4.24

4.24

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.