[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) › [華嚴一乘教義分齊章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866) › 3.68 # 華嚴一乘教義分齊章 3.68 華嚴一乘教義分齊章 3.68 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.3.68) 數開合者，或立一佛，謂一實性佛也，此約頓教。或立二佛，此有三種：一生身、化身，此約小乘說；二生身、法身，謂他受用與化身合名生身，自受用身與法身合名法身，如《佛地論》說，此約始教說；三自性法身、應化法身，如《本業經》說。此約終教說。或立三身佛，如常所說，此通始終二教說。或立四佛，此有三種：一、於三身中受用身內分自他二身，故有四，如《佛地論》說，此約始教；二、於三身外別立自性身，為明法身是恒沙功德法故，是故梁《攝論》云「自性身與法身作依止故」；三、亦於報身內福智分二，故有四，如《楞伽經》云「一應化佛、二功德佛、三智慧佛、四如如佛。」此約終教說。或立十佛以顯無盡，如〈離世間品〉說，此約一乘圓教說也。 > Regarding the expansion and contraction of numbers: some establish one buddha, meaning the single true-nature buddha; this is according to the sudden teaching. Or some establish two buddhas, of which there are three kinds: (1) the physical body and the transformation body, spoken according to the Hīnayāna; (2) the physical body and the dharma body, meaning the other-enjoyment body combined with the transformation body is named the physical body, and the self-enjoyment body combined with the dharma body is named the dharma body, as spoken in the Buddhabhūmi-śāstra, which is spoken according to the initial teaching; (3) the svabhāva-dharma body and the accommodation-transformation dharma body, as spoken in the Benye jing, which is spoken according to the final teaching. Or some establish the three-body buddha, as commonly spoken; this applies across both the initial and final teachings. Or some establish four buddhas, of which there are three kinds: (1) within the three bodies, the enjoyment body is divided into self and other bodies, thus making four, as spoken in the Buddhabhūmi-śāstra, which is according to the initial teaching; (2) outside the three bodies, the svabhāva body is separately established, in order to clarify that the dharma body is the dharma of virtues like the sands of the Ganges, which is why the Liang Mahāyānasaṃgraha states: "Because the svabhāva body acts as the support for the dharma body"; (3) also within the reward body, merit and gnosis are divided into two, thus making four, as the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra states: "First, the accommodation-transformation buddha; second, the merit buddha; third, the gnosis buddha; fourth, the suchness buddha." This is spoken according to the final teaching. Or some establish ten buddhas to reveal endlessness, as spoken in the "Chapter on Transcending the World"; this is spoken according to the perfect teaching of the One Vehicle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.3.67) - [Next: 3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.3.69) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866~en-mt.3.68) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1866.3.68) · Pramāṇa