御注金剛般若波羅蜜經宣演 2.88

2.88

Exposition: It was said previously that all phenomena are precisely the Buddha-Dharma; that substance of tathatā is realized by the Tathāgata. It is now revealed that the substance of suchness is precisely the dharmakāya. "Suppose a person's body were huge" clearly illustrates the dharmakāya realized at the fruit stage. Because this treatise holds that the realization path can partially attain it, it also extends to the causal stage, conjoining the realizing wisdom, which is named the wondrously great body. Speaking comprehensively of their meanings, both cause and fruit, principle and wisdom, are dharmakāya. That treatise brings up this metaphor because of the preceding realization by all Buddhas, speaking solely of the fruit stage's tathatā dharmakāya; each is explained according to its own perspective and they do not contradict each other. Its explanation of the verse text is like that; the prose text is easy to understand. The first two lines speak of the intention of the metaphor. The lower six lines directly interpret the sūtra text. Within them, it is divided into two: the first four lines explain the great body. The great body has two meanings: first, pervading all places; second, greatness of merits. These two meanings are realized through liberation from hindrances. The latter two lines explain the non-body. "Non-body" means devoid of marks; "great" means possessing the substance of tathatā.