摩訶止觀 8.60

8.60

答：般若既即是法身，何俟更問？若欲分別，可以意知，不煩文也。又法、報、應、化，四身為本。於一一身起四身，謂從法身起報、起應、起化、具起三；餘身亦如是。是為十六身。又從四身入一身，身身亦如是，復有十六。合前根本，是為三十六身。身身俱是法界，故俱能起，故俱能入（云云）。

Answer: Since prajñā is identical to the dharmakāya, why wait to ask further? If one wishes to differentiate it, it can be understood by meaning, without burdening the text. Furthermore, the four bodies—dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, nirmāṇakāya, and transformation body—are the foundation. From each and every body, four bodies arise: from the dharmakāya, the sambhogakāya arises, the nirmāṇakāya arises, the transformation body arises, and all three are fully given rise to; the other bodies are likewise. These are sixteen bodies. Furthermore, entering from four bodies into one body, each and every body is likewise, making another sixteen. Together with the preceding fundamental ones, these are thirty-six bodies. Each and every body is the dharmadhātu, hence they can all arise, and hence they can all enter, and so forth.