金光明經文句記 1.75

1.75

Second, from "Worthy Ā[nanda]" down, the Shared Teaching. Since its contemplation realizes [emptiness through] dharmas, it reveals two kinds of emptiness, called "mere [emptiness]" and "not-mere [emptiness]." Bodhisattvas of dull capacity, together with the persons of the two vehicles, see only mere emptiness; lacking the reality of the Middle, it is not the source of form and mind. Therefore, the Buddha originally made a vow to have no residual habit-energies, and his manifested body and wisdom ultimately revert to ashes and extinction; because form has determinate limits, it is called the sixteen-foot [body]. If it is a bodhisattva of sharp capacity, who receives the integration of the Distinct and Perfect teachings and understands not-mere emptiness, emptiness is the essence of original enlightenment and the Middle reality; it is wondrous form and mind attained at the Buddha stage, and all of his bodies and wisdom match the essence and are boundless, hence named the "revered and extraordinary," meaning honored and uniquely wondrous, and also called the reward body. It is just one Buddha body, but because of sharp and dull capacities two kinds of appearance are seen, hence it is called the "conjoined body." The Buddha body of the Shared Teaching must be distinguished in this way. One should realize that when one of dull capacity sees the Buddha, even if he were ten li or even a hundred billion [li] high, because it relies on mere emptiness, it is still not the revered and extraordinary body, since it has determinate limits. If a person of sharp capacity sees a body of sixteen feet or eight feet, since it relies on the Middle Way, it also lacks determinate limits; therefore, in the verse below praising the thirty-two marks of King Suvarṇaprabhāsa, the *Textual Commentary* explains that it properly praises the revered and extraordinary [body].