維摩義記 4.52

4.52

問曰：此飯為實是食、為當是法假說為飯？慕訖之家言此是法，假說名飯。若實是飯，安能如此？若法能然，何是稱奇？飯食能示，方是叵思。又法能示，淺而非深；飯食能示，方為深極。實深為淺，更別求深，入之謬矣。諸佛菩薩凡所受用一切境界悉皆如是，能資行用非獨此飯。如轉輪王所生𤴻寶，聖王居上自然離欲逮得四禪；玉女雖見，如覩佛像不生欲染。況菩薩所受境界，如經中說「菩薩有一照法性冠，著此冠時一切法性悉來現心，諸事齊爾。」

Question: Is this food real food, or is it Dharma metaphorically called food? The school of Muqi says this is Dharma, metaphorically called food. [They argue:] If it were real food, how could it be like this? But if Dharma were able to do so, why would it be praised as wonderful? Only if material food is able to manifest this is it truly inconceivable. Furthermore, if Dharma were able to manifest it, it would be shallow rather than profound; only when material food is able to manifest it is it truly profound in the extreme. To take the truly profound as shallow and seek profundity elsewhere is an erroneous understanding! All the sense-objects enjoyed by the buddhas and bodhisattvas are entirely like this; they are able to aid practice and function, not this food alone. Just as with the gem cushion born to a wheel-turning king, when the holy king sits upon it, he naturally separates from desire and attains the four dhyānas; and though the jade woman is seen, it is like beholding a buddha's image, not giving rise to lustful defilement. How much more so the sense-objects experienced by bodhisattvas! As a sūtra states: "A bodhisattva possesses a crown that illuminates the nature of dharmas; when wearing this crown, the nature of all dharmas appears completely in his mind." All matters are equally like this.