[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [金光明經文句記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786) › 3.33 # 金光明經文句記 3.33 金光明經文句記 3.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3.33) 二、「信相」下，示斷疑相，三：初、所斷疑。二、「四佛」下，能斷法。四種之喻，本曉應長，大師特以四諦解之。若非應壽全是法身、三身一體，何以妙會疏之兩說？故先示云「其言巧妙，其義深遠。」若定喻一身，言豈巧耶？三若並別，義豈深耶？ > Second, from 'Ruciraketu' downward, showing the characteristics of severing doubt has three parts: first, the doubt that is severed; second, from 'The four Buddhas' downward, the method capable of severing it. The four metaphors were originally intended to make known the length of the response \[lifespan\], but the Great Master specifically interpreted them through the four truths. If the response lifespan were not entirely the Dharmakāya and the three bodies a single substance, how could one wondrously unite the two explanations in the commentary? Therefore, it is first indicated: 'Its words are clever and wondrous; its meaning is deep and far-reaching.' If they definitely symbolized only one body, how could the words be clever? If the three were juxtaposed and distinct, how could the meaning be deep? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3.32) - [Next: 3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3.34) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786~en-mt.3.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.3.33) · Pramāṇa