四明尊者教行錄 4.116

4.116

答：天台承南嶽三種妙法，一曰眾生法、二曰佛法、三曰心法。此三妙故，不可以牛羊之眼觀視，亦不可以凡情世智測識。有如來智眼者方堪量度，良由體性不可思議，一一高廣故。《華嚴》所謂如心佛亦爾，如佛眾生然，心佛及眾生，是三無差別。諸佛妙證無差之道，故能於一身化千百億身，於一法演無量諸法，六根三業法界大用無有窮盡。眾生處迷雖不能爾，而由性德本具此體用故，只於業報之身亦能少分變現。如上古舜帝分身而應二妃，倩女離魂而合為一質，縣令晝寢識化為魚。至有二人雙存枕上，二魂悉在地獄受殃者。如斯等事不能殫舉，皆是眾生界中業報難思之事。是知不獨王院主一人而已，何苦興茲疑難哉？

Answer: Tiantai inherited from Nanyue the three kinds of wondrous dharmas: the first is the dharma of sentient beings, the second is the Buddha-dharma, and the third is the mind-dharma. Because these three are wondrous, they cannot be viewed with the eyes of oxen and sheep, nor can they be fathomed by ordinary sentiments and worldly intellect. Only one who possesses the wisdom-eye of a Tathāgata is capable of appraising them, precisely because their essence and nature are inconceivable, each being lofty and vast. As the Avataṃsaka Sūtra says: 'As the mind is, so is the Buddha; as the Buddha is, so are sentient beings. The mind, the Buddha, and sentient beings—these three are without distinction.' All buddhas wondrously realize this Way of non-distinction; therefore, they can transform a single body into hundreds of millions of bodies, and from a single dharma expound immeasurable dharmas, so that the great function of the six sense faculties and three karmic modes throughout the Dharma realm is without end. Although sentient beings dwelling in delusion cannot do this, because their nature-virtue fundamentally possesses this essence and function, even within the body of karmic retribution they can bring about minor transformations. For instance, in high antiquity Emperor Shun divided his body to respond to his two consorts; Qiannü's soul detached and united into a single entity; and a county magistrate napping by day had his consciousness transformed into a fish. There have even been cases where two people lay side by side on a pillow while both their souls were in hell undergoing torment. Things like this cannot be exhaustively cited; they are all matters of the inconceivable karmic retribution within the realm of sentient beings. Hence we know that it is not Prior Wang alone. Why trouble yourself to raise this doubt and difficulty?