觀無量壽佛經義疏 3.58

3.58

" 'The Buddha's height is sixty trillion nayutas of Ganges sands of yojanas.'" The Buddha's body is immeasurable, and the capacities of beings see it differently. What is cited in the text uses numbers provisionally to show that it is beyond numbers, wishing to reveal that the Buddha's body cannot be fixed. As the text below says: "As explained before, the size of the Buddha Amitāyus' body is boundless, beyond the reach of the ordinary mortal's mental capacity"; and further says: "or manifesting a great body filling the empty sky." Citing these proves what precedes, knowing it has no limit or measure. Scooping the ocean with a snail-shell cup, measuring the sky with a yardstick—could that ever be achieved? The metaphor is apparent. Third, the size of the eyebrow-ūrṇā.