金光明經文句 1.19

1.19

"Dharmatā" is the phenomenon that is traversed. That which all Buddhas take as their standard is called "dharma". Permanence, bliss, self, and purity, unchanging and immutable, are called "nature" (tā). It is not the principle illuminated by the two vehicles with the wisdom of the destruction [of defilements] and of non-arising that is dharmatā. The dharmatā of the two vehicles is shallow, and therefore not "profound"; it is bounded, and therefore not "immeasurable". Now, the principle illuminated by the wisdom that accords with reality encompasses the dharmadhātu horizontally and penetrates the three truths vertically; hence it is described as "immeasurable and profound". Furthermore, "immeasurable" does not mean there is another distinct dharma called "immeasurable". Vairocana pervades all places; all dharmas are the Buddhadharma; because they are all Buddhadharma, they are all dharmatā; the Buddha traverses them all, and thus it is called "immeasurable". Furthermore, there is not another distinct dharma called "profound". Reaching the real right in phenomenal things, there is nothing that is not the true mark; a single color, a single scent, is nothing other than the Middle Way; because all are the Middle Way, this is precisely "profound". For example, the *Dazhidulun* explains the four immeasurable minds, saying: "Focusing on sentient beings of the eastern direction is called 'broad'; focusing on the four cardinal directions is called 'great'; focusing on the four intermediate directions, above, and below is called 'immeasurable'." Following this analogy: focusing on the dharmatā of the absolute truth is called "broad"; focusing on the dharmatā of the conventional truth is called "great"; focusing on the dharmatā of the Middle Way is called "immeasurable". If one focuses on the Middle Way, this is focusing with the three wisdoms in a single mind, the three truths in one truth; this realm is immeasurable, and only the immeasurable wisdom of a Buddha can focus upon it, like a box and its lid matching each other. It is not something the two vehicles or lower-stage [bodhisattvas] can sound the depths of.