華嚴一乘教義分齊章 3.63

3.63

Or some say that Śākyamuni's reward land is on Vulture Peak, as the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka states: "I am always on Vulture Peak," and so forth. The author of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkopadeśa interprets this as the awakening of the reward body. One should know that this is stated according to the common teaching of the One Vehicle. Why is this? Because the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka also reveals the One Vehicle; in that place, according to the teaching, defilement is returned directly to purity, and therefore the place where the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka is preached is itself the real. Just as the place under the bodhi tree where the Avataṃsaka is preached is itself the realm of the ten buddhas of the Lotus-Store, the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka is also like this; because it is gradually identical to this, it is the common teaching. However, it has not yet stated that that place is itself the ten Lotus-Stores, Indra['s net], and so forth; therefore, it is not the distinct teaching. Or some say that this body of Śākyamuni is itself the real reward enjoyment body, as stated at the beginning of the Buddhabhūmi-sūtra: "This Śākyamuni Buddha is complete with the twenty-one qualities of the real reward." The commentary on it explains this as the enjoyment body. This is also stated according to the common teaching. Why is this? This Śākyamuni Buddha is merely a transformation body in the Three Vehicles, whereas in the distinct teaching of the One Vehicle he is taken to be the ultimate body of the ten buddhas. Now, here, provisionally encouraging those of the Three Vehicles and revealing that Śākyamuni's body is not merely a transformation, fearing that it would be difficult to believe and accept, that sūtra explains, in terms of the profound qualities of the buddha-fruition, that the buddha's body accords with the teaching: returning the expedient directly to the real, it is taught as a reward body. That is, at the time of provisionally and clearly expounding the One Vehicle teaching of the Avataṃsaka, this Śākyamuni body also accords with that teaching, being directly the ultimate dharmadhātu body of the ten buddhas. Therefore, it is subsumed under the common teaching.