大般涅槃經集解 8.34

8.34

Sengzong states: The previous asked about prajñā; this asks about the dharmakāya. The above clarified inexhaustibility; this clarifies indestructibility. Like worldly diamond (vajra), its substance cannot be destroyed, yet it can destroy all things. Drawing the analogy to the dharmakāya: the three marks cannot alter its spirit, and the myriad transformations cannot change its substance. Baoliang states: The substance, marks, body, and lifespan are in truth not different; yet discerning them according to meaning, they cannot lack distinction. The body corresponds to the substance of the Dharma, while life speaks of beginning and end; hence they are divided into two questions. Zhixiu states: This is the third question, on the fruition of the dharmakāya.