安樂集 1.15

1.15

答曰：「現在彌陀是報佛，極樂寶莊嚴國是報土。然古舊相傳皆云：『阿彌陀佛是化身，土亦是化土。』此為大失也。若爾者，穢土亦化身所居，淨土亦化身所居者，未審如來報身更依何土也？今依《大乘同性經》辨定報化、淨穢者，經云：『淨土中成佛者，悉是報身；穢土中成佛者，悉是化身。』彼經云：『阿彌陀如來、蓮華開敷星王如來、龍主王如來、寶德如來等諸如來，清淨佛剎，現得道者，當得道者，如是一切皆是報身佛也。何者如來化身？由如今日踊步健如來、魔恐怖如來，如是等一切如來，穢濁世中，如現成佛者，當成佛者，從兜率下，乃至住持一切正法、一切像法、一切末法，如是化事皆是化身佛也。何者如來法身？如來真法身者，無色、無形、無現、無著，不可見、無言說、無住處，無生、無滅，是名真法身義也。』」

The answer is: The present Amitābha is a reward Buddha, and the jewel-adorned land of Sukhāvatī is a reward land. However, ancient tradition all says: 'Amitābha Buddha is a transformation body, and the land is also a transformation land.' This is a great error. If that were so, and defiled lands are abodes of transformation bodies while pure lands are also abodes of transformation bodies, I do not know on what land the Tathāgata's reward body would rely. Now, relying on the Dacheng tongxing jing to discern and determine reward versus transformation and pure versus defiled, the sūtra says: 'Those who attain buddhahood in pure lands are all reward bodies; those who attain buddhahood in defiled lands are all transformation bodies.' That sūtra says: 'Tathāgatas such as Amitābha Tathāgata, Padmapuṣpavaitulyakṛti-rāja Tathāgata, Nāgādhipati-rāja Tathāgata, Ratnaguṇa Tathāgata, and so on, who in pure buddha-kṣetras have presently attained the Way or will attain the Way—all such as these are reward body buddhas. What is a Tathāgata's transformation body? Just like today's Vikrāntagāmin Tathāgata and Mārabhit-karuṇa Tathāgata, all such Tathāgatas who in defiled and turbid worlds have presently attained buddhahood or will attain buddhahood, descending from Tuṣita down to maintaining all true Dharma, all semblance Dharma, and all final-age Dharma—such activities of transformation are all transformation body buddhas. What is a Tathāgata's dharmakāya? The Tathāgata's true dharmakāya is without form, without shape, without manifestation, without attachment, invisible, without speech, without an abode, without birth, and without cessation—this is called the meaning of the true dharmakāya.'