新華嚴經論 2.11

2.11

Seventh, the difference between the provisional and the ultimate in the Buddha's body: In the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, the Tathāgata of the thirty-two marks is provisional, and the true principle of nirvāṇa's perfect tranquility is ultimate, because all the immeasurable adornments of the reward marks exist in reliance on the true. In the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, for Vairocana Buddha, principle and phenomena are non-dual; without destroying the dharmakāya, he accords with the boundless and inexhaustible ocean of marks; form is identical to nature, and the reward is identical to principle, sovereign and unobstructed like light and shadow. We have briefly clarified the provisional and ultimate for now; the extensive explanation awaits the text below.