大般涅槃經集解 9.154

9.154

Sengliang comments: Stars and the moon have light, and trees have dark shadows, but because they are subtle, they are not seen by the physical eye. The dharmakāya is also like this; it is not what you see. Fayao says: Do not say that because you do not see it, it does not exist. The permanently abiding dharmakāya is seen by the wisdom-eye, and therefore the meaning of refuge is not absent; it is only because the physical eye does not see it that people say there is no meaning of permanently abiding refuge. At the beginning of the chapter, the exhortation and question state 'if one takes refuge', which refers to this permanently abiding threefold refuge. Furthermore, 'if one takes precepts' refers to the aforementioned great loving-kindness and great compassion, regarding [all beings] as an only son. Baoliang says: The divine eye (divyacakṣus) utilizes subtle, empty brightness to perceive form, and thus it is not the same as the function of the physical eye.