華嚴一乘教義分齊章 3.68

3.68

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.