[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [續集古今佛道論衡](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105) › 1.20 # 續集古今佛道論衡 1.20 續集古今佛道論衡 1.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1.20) 帝曰。摩騰法師曾為朕說法言。佛有四種法身。所謂法報應化。一者法身。無為無相無主無宗。蕩寂空無自然澹泊。二者報身。獨立無侶朗然無匹。光耀世界自在隱顯。三者應身。備諸形色言行無端。任物千圖神應萬變。四者化身。開演正法導以三乘。利潤蒼生隨機化寤。諸大德須知。佛有四種法身。出沒自在不可思議。其用也則萬像俱應。其息也則託入幽玄。此是智惠之大山。涅槃之巨海。必須敬信得福無量。 > The Emperor said, 'Dharma Master \[Kāśyapa\] Mātaṅga once preached the Dharma for me, saying: The Buddha has four kinds of dharma-body, namely the Dharma \[body\], the reward \[body\], the response \[body\], and the transformation \[body\]. First is the dharma-body: non-action, signless, without master and without school, vast and quiet, empty and non-existent, spontaneous and tranquil. Second is the reward-body: standing alone without companion, brightly shining without peer, illuminating worlds, appearing and disappearing at will. Third is the response-body: complete with all forms and colors, its words and actions without fixed origin, adapting to things in a thousand designs, spiritually responding in myriad transformations. Fourth is the transformation-body: opening and expounding the True Dharma, guiding through the Three Vehicles, benefiting living beings, transforming and awakening them according to their capacities. You venerable sirs must know that the Buddha has four kinds of dharma-body, appearing and disappearing at will, inconceivable. When functioning, all phenomena respond simultaneously; when resting, it withdraws into the profound and mysterious. This is the great mountain of wisdom, the vast sea of nirvāṇa. One must faithfully revere it to attain immeasurable merit.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1.19) - [Next: 1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1.21) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105~en-mt.1.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2105.1.20) · Pramāṇa