[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) › [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763) › 55.44 # 大般涅槃經集解 55.44 大般涅槃經集解 55.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [55.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.55.44) 案僧亮曰：云何受身者，有二種：有自在、不自在，知如來自在也。何故受身者，知如來為眾生故受也。為誰受身者，為中有等不等，明如來等眾生也。僧亮曰：云何而受是身者，乃知感應之道，而不能知所以爾耶，謂以大悲之心故受身也。 > Sengliang comments: Regarding "how \[the Tathāgata\] receives a body": there are two kinds \[of receiving a body\], being autonomous and not autonomous; this is to know that the Tathāgata is autonomous. Regarding "for what reason he receives a body": this is to know that the Tathāgata receives it for the sake of sentient beings. Regarding "for whose sake he receives a body": among those \[beings\] there are equals and unequals; this explains that the Tathāgata treats sentient beings equally. Sengliang says: Regarding "how he receives this body": one may know the way of sympathetic resonance, yet fail to know the reason why it is so; it means that he receives a body out of a heart of great compassion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 55.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.55.43) - [Next: 55.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.55.45) - [Up: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.55) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763~en-mt.55.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.55.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.55.44) · Pramāṇa