大般涅槃經義記 3.347

3.347

教他學中，文別有二：一教他行、二「譬如人」下明教他心。教他行中，初教凡夫捨偽歸真，「若有分別三歸依」下教於二乘捨別歸一，「於生盲」下雙牒以結。就教凡中，先教歸佛，句別有二：一教眾生歸佛法身、二「亦令」下教他眾生歸己法身。前中，「若尊法身舍利，應敬塔廟」尋相趣入。此法身者，佛法性身。舍利胡語，此翻名身，胡漢並舉，故言尊重法身舍利。法身無相，難以趣求，故教敬塔以尊法身，良以法身無處不在，故敬塔廟即得名為敬佛法身。「所以」下釋，初先徵問，「為重法身，所以禮敬塔廟者何」。「為」下釋之，以諸眾生不見法身，為欲度彼，故教敬塔，尋相趣入，舉此為欲類於自身。

In teaching others to practice, the text has two distinct parts: first, teaching others the practice; second, from "for example, a man" downward, clarifying teaching others the mind. In teaching others the practice, he first teaches ordinary beings to relinquish the counterfeit and take refuge in the true; from "if there are those who differentiate the three refuges" downward, he teaches the two vehicles to relinquish the distinct and take refuge in the one; from "for those blind from birth" downward, he takes up both to conclude. Regarding the teaching of ordinary beings, he first teaches taking refuge in the Buddha, which has two distinct phrases: first, teaching sentient beings to take refuge in the Buddha's dharmakāya; second, from "also causing" downward, teaching other sentient beings to take refuge in his own dharmakāya. In the former, "If one venerates the relics of the dharmakāya, one should revere stūpas and temples" means following marks to enter [reality]. This "dharmakāya" is the Buddha's dharma-nature body. "Śarīra" is an Indian word, translated here as "body"; mentioning both the Indian and Chinese words together, he therefore speaks of "venerating the relics of the dharmakāya." The dharmakāya is markless and difficult to seek after; therefore, he teaches revering stūpas to venerate the dharmakāya. Truly, because the dharmakāya is nowhere absent, revering stūpas and temples can be called revering the Buddha's dharmakāya. From "for what reason" downward is the explanation. First he inquires: "For the sake of venerating the dharmakāya, why should one pay homage to stūpas and temples?" From "for the sake of" downward he explains it: because sentient beings do not see the dharmakāya, in order to deliver them he teaches revering stūpas, following marks to enter [reality]; this is adduced in order to draw an analogy with one's own body.