阿彌陀經要解 1.60

1.60

答：「有四悉檀因緣：一者、凡情喜此諸鳥，順情而化之，令歡喜故；二者、鳥尚說法，令聞之生善故；三者、鳥能說法，不於眾鳥起下劣想，對治分別心故；四者、鳥即彌陀化作，不異彌陀法身，令悟法身平等，無所不具，亦無所不造故。」

Answer: 'There are causes and conditions of the four siddhāntas: first, ordinary human sentiments delight in these birds, so he conforms to their sentiments and transforms them to make them joyful; second, even birds preach the Dharma, causing those who hear them to produce goodness; third, birds are capable of preaching the Dharma, preventing people from giving rise to thoughts of them as inferior, thus counteracting the discriminating mind; fourth, the birds are transformations of Amitābha, not different from Amitābha's dharmakāya, causing beings to awaken to the equality of the dharmakāya, which lacks nothing and creates nothing that is excluded.'