金光明最勝王經疏 2.61

2.61

Commentary: This is the explanation. It is divided into two: first, the four verses transcending metaphor; fifth, the one verse transcending calculation. In the four verses of metaphor, two explanations have been traditionally transmitted. One says: the four verses sequentially reveal the four virtues of purity, self, bliss, and permanence, which sequentially can eliminate the four hindrances: disbelief, clinging to self, fear of suffering, and indifference. The other says: they reveal the lifespan in terms of the four bodies of the buddha—namely, the transformation body, the response body, the body that is both response and transformation, and the body that is neither response nor transformation—as metaphors in sequence. The transformation body vanishes here and appears there, so it is likened to water. The transformation body appears based on the response body, just as water emerges from a mountain, so it is likened to a mountain. The clause of both [response and transformation], the self-enjoyment body, is like the earth, serving as the basis for both mountain and water. The fourth likens the dharma [body], because it has no physical form.