觀無量壽佛經義疏 3.64
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3.64
"[The Buddha said:] 'His lights, marks, and characteristics, as well as the transformative Buddhas, cannot be fully described. One should simply bring them to mind, making them visible to the mind's eye.'" "His lights, marks, and characteristics" includes both the light of his body and of his crown mentioned above. The transformative Buddhas are those manifested within the halo. Words cannot exhaust them; only by recollective visualization can they be seen. The "mind's eye" refers to mental consciousness. Third, demonstrating what is attained, which has two parts: first, contemplating a single Buddha; second, contemplating the Buddha's body. First, contemplating a single Buddha.
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