[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) › [金光明最勝王經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788) › 2.11 # 金光明最勝王經疏 2.11 金光明最勝王經疏 2.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2.11) 問：應化行法由二因感，見可生疑。自性非因生，自受用身非餘見境，不於彼疑，何須說壽？答：自性雖非因生，然由因證。自受雖非餘見說二，欲令欣求，妙幢假化生疑，佛因具說三壽。 > Question: The active phenomena of the response and transformation \[bodies\] are evoked by two causes, so seeing them may give rise to doubt. The essential nature (svabhāva) is not born of causes, and the self-enjoyment body is not an object seen by others; having no doubts about those, why is it necessary to speak of their life-span? Answer: Although the essential nature is not born of causes, it is nevertheless realized through causes. Although the self-enjoyment body is not seen by others, speaking of the two is intended to make beings aspire to them. Ruciraketu, through the transformation \[body\], gave rise to doubt, and the Buddha on that basis fully explained the three life-spans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2.10) - [Next: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2.12) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788~en-mt.2.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1788.2.11) · Pramāṇa