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淨名經集解關中疏 2.150

淨名經集解關中疏 2.150

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Classical Chinese

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天曰。舍利弗。若能轉此女身。則一切女人亦當能轉。如舍利弗非女而現女身。一切女人亦復如是。雖現女身而非女也 三解釋。若身子自悟雖神通變女而實性非女。亦悟一切女人雖妄心變女而法性非女。又知。天女雖大悲現女而法身非女。若能悟女非女。一切女人亦復如是。名為轉也。肇曰。如舍利弗實非女而今現。是女像實非女也。界無定相類已可知矣。

The goddess said: "Śāriputra, if you can change out of this female body, then all women will likewise be able to change. Just as Śāriputra is not a woman yet manifests a female body, all women are also like this: although they manifest female bodies, they are not women." Third, explanation. If Śāriputra himself realizes that although through spiritual powers he has transformed into a woman, his true nature is not female, he will also realize that although all women transform into women through deluded minds, their Dharma-nature is not female. Furthermore, he knows that although the goddess manifests as a woman out of great compassion, her dharmakāya is not female. If one can realize that a woman is not a woman, then all women are also like this—this is called "changing." Zhao says: "Just as Śāriputra is genuinely not a woman yet now manifests as one, this female appearance is genuinely not female. That the realms have no fixed characteristics may be known by analogy from this."

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