念佛三昧寶王論 1.43

1.43

對曰：「《華嚴經》云：『一切諸如來，同共一法身，一身一智慧，力、無畏亦然。』《楞伽》偈云：『迦葉、拘留孫、拘那含我是，以此四種等，我為佛子說。』言四等者，一、字等，同名佛也，二、語等，皆具迦陵頻伽梵音聲相，三、法等，盡得菩提分法無障礙智也，四、身等，法身、色身相好無差也。《起信論》云：『依方故迷，方實不轉。』夫如是則悟者悟於一方，群方自正；念者念於一佛，諸佛現前。經所謂：『水不上升，月不下降。』光淨因緣，虛空皓月，現於清水；彼佛不來，我身不往，念佛因緣，如來寶月，現於心水。如說頌曰：『菩薩清涼月，遊於畢竟空，眾生心水淨，菩提影現中。』」

I reply: The Avataṃsaka Sūtra says: 'All Tathāgatas share the same single dharmakāya, a single body, a single wisdom, and likewise their powers and fearlessnesses.' A verse from the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra says: 'Kāśyapa, Krakucchanda, and Kanakamuni are myself; by means of these four kinds of equality, I speak for the Buddha's heirs.' Regarding the four kinds of equality: first is equality of name, in that they all share the name 'Buddha'; second is equality of speech, in that they all possess the voice of the kalaviṅka and the voice of Brahmā; third is equality of teachings, in that they all attain the factors of enlightenment and unimpeded wisdom; fourth is equality of body, in that their dharmakāya and rūpakāya with their marks and signs are without difference. The Awakening of Faith says: 'Delusion arises based on directions, but the directions themselves do not shift.' In this manner, when one who is awakened is awakened to a single direction, all directions naturally become correct; when one who is mindful is mindful of a single buddha, all buddhas manifest before them. As the sūtra says: 'The water does not ascend, and the moon does not descend.' Through the causes and conditions of purity and light, the bright moon in empty space manifests in clear water; that buddha does not come, and my body does not go, yet through the causes and conditions of buddha-mindfulness, the jewel moon of the Tathāgata appears in the water of the mind. As the verse says: 'The bodhisattva's cool moon / roams in ultimate emptiness; / when the mind-water of sentient beings is pure, / the shadow of bodhi appears therein.'"