金剛般若經旨贊 2.156

2.156

Sūtra: “Subhūti […] fully possessing all the marks?”

Praise: Next, it reveals the fourth [endowment], the endowment of the body of marks. Therefore, it is not clearly delineated; it is merely named “physical body.” Since the marks are clearly delineated, they are separately singled out to set forth the meaning and intent, revealing that state of doubt through question, answer, interrogation, and explanation. It conforms entirely to the minor marks, differing only in that major and minor marks are distinct and the texts are separate. Since these major and minor marks arise in dependence on the true, although they are not separate from the true, they are not identical with the true essence. When viewing nature and characteristics separately, they cannot be taken as non-existent; when viewing them as identical with the nature, they cannot be taken as existent. Since apart from the Dharmakāya there are no marks or minor marks, these marks and minor marks are not not the Buddha. Since relative to the Dharmakāya they are neither non-existent nor existent, one should not grasp them fixedly and seek them. In accordance with this meaning, the treatise states in verse: