[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 26.28 # 法苑珠林 26.28 法苑珠林 26.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.28) 爾時坐中有菩薩。名曰普光。前白佛言。未審六通識法。是一是若干。若識是一法如來金色神足道場游諸佛剎。為識致身。為身致識。若身致識則無六通。若識致身此名一法。無身無識。唯願世尊。報我此義。佛告普光菩薩。汝所問義為第一義問。為世俗義問。若世俗義問。識法若干無有定相。若第一義問則無身無識。何以故。分別識法自性空寂。無來無去。亦無染著。汝問金色此有為法五陰成就。非自然法。非第一義。我今為汝說識想法。菩薩六通身識共俱。非識先身後。非身先識後。何以故。法相自然。識不離身。身不離識。猶如二牛共其一軛。若黑牛前白牛後則種不成就。若白牛前黑牛後種亦不成。非黑牛前白牛後。非白牛前黑牛後。則種成就。神足道果亦復如是。身識共俱無有前後中間。如來色身有前有後有中間此世俗法。非第一義。於空寂法無有若干。 > At that time, there was a bodhisattva in the assembly named Puguang. He stepped forward and addressed the Buddha, saying: "It is not yet understood whether the dharmas of consciousness in the six superknowledges are one or many. If consciousness is a single dharma, when the Tathāgata's golden body, through the supernatural power of teleportation, roams the Buddha-lands from the bodhimanda, does consciousness bring the body, or does the body bring consciousness? If the body brings consciousness, then there are no six superknowledges. If consciousness brings the body, this is called a single dharma, and there is neither body nor consciousness. I only pray that the World-Honoured One will explain this meaning to me." The Buddha told Bodhisattva Puguang: "Is the meaning you ask about asked from the perspective of ultimate truth, or is it asked from the perspective of conventional truth? If asked from conventional truth, the dharmas of consciousness are multiple and have no fixed characteristics. If asked from ultimate truth, then there is neither body nor consciousness. Why is this? When discerning the dharmas of consciousness, their intrinsic nature is empty and tranquil; there is no coming and no going, nor is there defiling attachment. You ask about the golden body—this is a conditioned dharma, accomplished through the five aggregates; it is not an unconditioned dharma, nor is it the ultimate truth. I will now explain for you the dharmas of consciousness and thought: the bodhisattva's six superknowledges, body, and consciousness occur together; consciousness is not prior to the body, nor is the body prior to consciousness. Why is this? The characteristics of phenomena are spontaneous: consciousness does not separate from the body, and the body does not separate from consciousness. It is like two oxen sharing a single yoke: if the black ox is ahead and the white ox behind, the plowing will not be successful; if the white ox is ahead and the black ox behind, the plowing will also not be successful. When neither the black ox is ahead of the white ox nor the white ox ahead of the black ox, the plowing is successful. The fruit of the path of the supernatural power of teleportation is also like this: body and consciousness occur together, with no before, after, or intermediate state. That the Tathāgata's physical form has a before, after, and intermediate state is a conventional truth, not the ultimate truth. In the empty and tranquil Dharma, there are no multiple \[characteristics\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 26.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.27) - [Next: 26.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.29) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.26.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.5.44) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.26.28) · Pramāṇa