[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) › [觀無量壽佛經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750) › 1.5 # 觀無量壽佛經疏 1.5 觀無量壽佛經疏 1.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1.5) 次辯體者，體是主質。《釋論》云「除諸法實相，餘皆魔事」。大乘經以實相為印，為經正體，無量功德共莊嚴之，種種眾行而歸趣之，言說問答而詮辯之，譬眾星之環北辰、如萬流之宗東海，故以實相為經體也。書家解禮者，訓體也。體有尊卑長幼，君父之體尊、臣子之體賤。當知體禮之釋，是貴極之法也。復次體是底也，窮源極底、理盡淵府、究暢實際，乃名為底。《釋論》云「智度大海，唯佛窮底」，故以底釋體也。復次體是達義，得此體意通達無壅，如風行空中自在無障礙，一切異名別說皆與實相不相違背。《釋論》云「般若是一法，佛說種種名」，故以體達釋經體也。 > Next, to distinguish the substance: substance is the principal reality. The Treatise \[on the Great Prajñāpāramitā\] says: "Apart from the true reality of all dharmas, all else is the work of Māra." Mahāyāna sūtras take true reality as their seal and as the proper substance of the sūtra. Immeasurable merits together adorn it, manifold practices return and tend toward it, and verbal explanations and questions and answers expound and clarify it. It is like the host of stars revolving around the Northern Polestar, or like the ten thousand streams taking the Eastern Sea as their source; therefore, true reality is taken as the substance of the sūtra. When classical scholars explain propriety (lǐ), they gloss it as substance (tǐ). Substance has the exalted and the lowly, the elder and the young: the substance of ruler and father is exalted; the substance of minister and son is lowly. One should know that this explanation of substance as propriety is the utmost noble Dharma. Furthermore, substance means base (dǐ): exhausting the source and reaching the utmost base, with principle fully plumbed in its deep repository and ultimate reality completely penetrated—only this is called the base. The Treatise says: "Only the Buddha exhausts the base of the great ocean of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā)"; hence substance is explained as base. Furthermore, substance has the sense of penetration (dá): when one attains the intent of this substance, one penetrates without obstruction, just as wind moves freely through empty space without hindrance, and all different names and diverse explanations are not contrary to true reality. The Treatise says: "Prajñā is one single dharma, yet the Buddha speaks of it with manifold names"; hence the substance of the sūtra is explained as penetrative understanding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1.6) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750~en-mt.1.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1750.1.5) · Pramāṇa