宗鏡錄 73.21

73.21

答。略有二種。一分段。二變易。識論云。一分段生死。謂諸有漏善不善業。由煩惱障緣助勢力。所感三界麁異熟果。身命短長。隨因緣力。有定劑限。故名分段。二不思議變易生死。謂諸無漏有分別業。由所知障緣助勢力。所感殊勝細異熟果。由悲願力。改轉身命。無定劑限。故名變易。無漏定願正所資感。妙用難惻名不思議。或名意生身。隨意願成故。如契經說。如取為緣。有漏業因。續後有者。而生三有。如是無明習地為緣。無漏業因。有阿羅漢。獨覺。已得自在菩薩。三種意生身。亦名變化身。無漏定力。轉令異本如變化故。

Answer: Briefly, there are two kinds: 1. Paricchedacyuti (delimited birth and death); 2. Acintyapariṇāmikacyuti (inconceivable transformational birth and death). The Vijñaptimātratāsiddhiśāstra says: 'First, delimited birth and death refers to all defiled good and bad karma which, through the supportive power of the kleśāvaraṇa as condition, results in the coarse vipākaphala (maturation fruit) of the three realms. The length of life and body has definite limits according to the power of causes and conditions; hence it is called "delimited." Second, inconceivable transformational birth and death refers to all undefiled karma with discrimination which, through the supportive power of the jñeyāvaraṇa as condition, results in an exquisite, subtle maturation fruit. Through the power of compassionate vows, the body and life are transformed without definite limits; hence it is called "transformational." That which is directly supported and brought about by undefiled samādhi and vows is called "inconceivable" because its wonderful function is difficult to fathom. It is also called manomayakāya (mind-made body), because it is accomplished according to the intention of vows. As the sūtras say: "Just as taking grasping as condition, the cause of karma with outflows continues subsequent existence, thereby giving birth to the three existences; in this way, taking the avidyāvāsanābhūmi as condition, and undefiled karma as cause, there are the three kinds of mind-made bodies of arhats, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas who have attained mastery." It is also called nirmāṇakāya (transformational body), because through the power of undefiled samādhi, it is transformed and made different from the original like an apparition.'