[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經願行觀門骨目](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1742) › 2.29 # 大方廣佛華嚴經願行觀門骨目 2.29 大方廣佛華嚴經願行觀門骨目 2.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1742.2.29) 爾時世尊放白毫光名如來出現，無量百千億那由他阿僧祇光明以為眷屬，其光遍照十方盡虛空法界，作佛事已，入如來性起妙德菩薩頂。此菩薩一心向佛而說偈讚佛，於口放光名無礙無畏入普賢口，菩薩身座過於本時百倍。次性起問現相意，普賢答偈云：「法性無作無變易，猶如虛空本清淨，諸佛性淨亦如是，本性非性離有無。法性不在於言論，無說離說恒寂滅，十方境界性亦然，一切文辭莫能辨。」普賢言：「於無量處見如來身。何以故？不應於一法一事一身一土一眾生見如來身，應遍一切見如來身。譬如虛空遍至一切色非色處，非至非不至。何以故？虛空無身故。佛身亦爾，遍一切處、一切眾生、一切國土、一切法，非至非不至。身無身故，為眾生故示現其身，是名佛身第一相。」次廣說譬喻，如虛空、日輪等。又云：「譬如月輪有四奇特：一者映蔽一切星宿光明、二者隨時示現虧盈、三者多處現影、四者見者皆對目前。如來亦爾，映蔽一切聲聞緣覺，隨其所宜示現壽命，淨心眾生菩提器中影無不現，眾生皆謂唯現我前。」 > At that time the World-Honoured One emitted from his white curl a light named The Appearance of the Tathāgata, with immeasurable hundreds of thousands of koṭis of nayutas of asaṃkhyeyas of radiances as its retinue. Its light illuminated throughout the ten directions to the exhaustion of space and the dharmadhātu, and having performed buddha-actions, entered the crown of the bodhisattva Tathāgatatvasamudgata-suvikrānta. This bodhisattva single-mindedly faced the Buddha and spoke verses in praise of the Buddha, emitting light from his mouth named Unhindered and Fearless that entered Samantabhadra's mouth; the bodhisattva's body and seat exceeded their original state by a hundred times. Next, Tathāgatatvasamudgata asked the intention behind the manifested marks, and Samantabhadra replied with verses, saying: "The dharmatā is without action and without change, / Just as empty space is originally pure; / The buddhas' pure nature is also like this, / Its original nature is non-nature, free from existence and non-existence. / The dharmatā does not reside in verbal discussion, / Free from speech and transcending speech, it is eternally quiescent; / The nature of the realms in the ten directions is also thus, / No phrases or words are able to distinguish it." Samantabhadra said: "One sees the Tathāgata's body in immeasurable places. Why is this? One should not see the Tathāgata's body in one dharma, one event, one body, one land, or one sentient being; one should see the Tathāgata's body pervading all. Just as empty space reaches everywhere, to all material and non-material places, neither reaching nor not reaching—why is this? Because empty space has no body—the Buddha's body is also like this, pervading all places, all sentient beings, all lands, and all dharmas, neither reaching nor not reaching. Because the body is without body, for the sake of sentient beings he manifests his body; this is called the first mark of the Buddha's body." Next, he broadly explained analogies, such as empty space, the sun-disc, and so forth. Furthermore, he said: "For example, the moon-disc has four wonders: first, it outshines the radiance of all stars and constellations; second, according to the seasons it manifests waning and waxing; third, it manifests reflections in many places; fourth, all who see it have it before their eyes. The Tathāgata is also like this: he outshines all śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas; in accordance with what is appropriate he manifests his lifespan; in the bodhi-vessels of pure-minded sentient beings there is no reflection that does not appear; and sentient beings all say, 'He manifests only before me.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1742.2.28) - [Next: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1742.2.30) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1742.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1742~en-mt.2.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大方廣佛華嚴經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.avatamsaka*zh-siksananda.50.24) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1742.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1742.2.29) · Pramāṇa