佛祖歷代通載 5.47

5.47

The question was asked: "Why is he properly called 'Buddha'? What does 'Buddha' mean?" Mouzi said: "'Buddha' means 'Awakened One', just as the Three Sovereigns are called divine and the Five Thearchs are called sagely. The Buddha is the primal ancestor of virtue and the Way, and the ancestral lineage of the numinous deities. What the Buddha calls 'awakened' is being capable of indistinct transformations, dividing the body and dispersing the form, either existing or not existing, being able to become small or large, round or square, old or young, hidden or manifest; treading on fire without burning, walking on blades without injury; residing in defilement without being tainted, encountering calamity without suffering harm; arriving without traveling, radiating light without fabricating. Therefore he is called the Buddha."