淨土論 3.51

3.51

答曰：此事前已答竟，此等諸經皆就法身理說。故《金剛般若經》云「彼如來妙體，即法身諸佛。法體不可見，彼識不能知」也。今觀八萬四千相好者，此是應化色身觀也。若作此觀者，即須相相分明、好好別異，不得混為一也。若有人言萬法皆空、有何理事者，此是大邪見人、是愚癡人、是不學問人、是誑惑世間人，莫共語也。故《中論》云「若見有如來，是輕邪見人。若言無如來，是麁重邪見人。是有二種過失，一破世間樂、二破涅槃道。」此論並就理說。若就事說者，見有如來是正見，定得往生也。又《地持論》云「寧起有見如須彌山，不起空見如芥子許」也。

Answer: This matter was already answered earlier. These various sūtras are all spoken with respect to the principle of the dharmakāya. Hence the Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā Sūtra states: 'That Tathāgata's wondrous form is the buddhas of the dharmakāya; the essence of the Dharma cannot be seen, and their consciousness cannot know it.' Now, contemplating the eighty-four thousand marks and signs refers to the contemplation of the nirmāṇakāya and saṃbhogakāya physical forms. If one performs this contemplation, each mark must be distinctly clear and each sign differentiated; they must not be blended into one. If someone says that all phenomena are empty and asks what principle and phenomena there could be, this is a person of great wrong views, a foolish person, an unlearned person, and a person who deceives the world; do not converse with them. Hence the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā states: 'If one sees that the Tathāgata exists, this is a person of minor wrong views. If one says that the Tathāgata does not exist, this is a person of coarse, heavy wrong views. These possess two kinds of faults: first, destroying worldly happiness; second, destroying the path to nirvāṇa.' This treatise speaks entirely with respect to principle. If spoken with respect to phenomena, seeing that the Tathāgata exists is right view, and one will definitely attain rebirth. Furthermore, the Bodhisattvabhūmi states: 'It is better to give rise to a view of existence as vast as Mount Sumeru than to give rise to a view of emptiness as small as a mustard seed.'