翻譯名義集 5.122

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【三目】《涅槃》云：「如摩醯首羅，面上三目。」章安《涅槃疏》云：「摩醯首羅，居色界頂，統領大千，一面三目。三目一面，不可單言。一三縱橫，若並若別，能嚴天顏，作世界主。徹照三千，不縱不橫，嚴主照世，一切皆成。三德亦爾，縱橫並別，祕藏不成，不縱不橫，祕藏乃成。」天台云：備說三德為涅槃，雖三點上下而無縱，表裏而無橫。一不相混，三不相離。《釋籤》云：「上下是縱義，雖一點在上，不同點水之縱。三德亦爾，法身本有，不同別教為惑所覆。表裏是橫義，雖二點居下，不同烈火之橫。三德亦爾，二德修成，不同別人理體具足而不相收。故借縱橫之譬，顯非並別之法。」斯可通喻十種三法，如《光明玄》，學者覽之。

[Three Eyes]
The Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: "Like Maheśvara, having three eyes upon his face." Zhang'an's Nirvāṇa Commentary says: "Maheśvara dwells at the pinnacle of the form realm, presiding over the trichiliocosm, with three eyes upon one face. Three eyes and one face cannot be spoken of in isolation. Whether the one and three are vertical or horizontal, joined or separate, they adorn the heavenly face and make him the lord of the world. Penetratingly illuminating the three thousand [worlds], neither vertical nor horizontal, the adornment and lordly illumination of the world are entirely accomplished. The three virtues are also like this: if they were vertical, horizontal, joined, or separate, the secret treasury would not be accomplished; being neither vertical nor horizontal, the secret treasury is thus accomplished."

Tiantai says: Expounding the three virtues completely is nirvāṇa; although the three dots are above and below, there is no verticality; within and without, there is no horizontality. The one is not confused with the others, and the three are not separated from one another.

The Shiqian says: "Above and below denotes verticality; although one dot is on top, it is not like the verticality of dripping water. The three virtues are also like this: the dharmakāya is inherently existent, not like the Separate Teaching where it is covered by delusion. Within and without denotes horizontality; although two dots reside below, it is not like the horizontality of blazing fire. The three virtues are also like this: the two virtues are cultivated to completion, not like those of the Separate Teaching where the principle-substance is replete yet does not encompass them. Therefore, the analogy of verticality and horizontality is borrowed to reveal the dharma that is neither joined nor separate." This can generally analogize the ten kinds of threefold dharmas, as in the Guangming xuan, which students may examine.