[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) › [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813) › 2.81 # 大乘起信論略述 2.81 大乘起信論略述 2.81 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.81) 論。答曰至能現於色　述曰。下答有二。先釋法身能現。後釋所現之色。前中亦二。先總舉。後別成。此初也。謂此法身即是報化色家之體。故能現色。若非色體。不名法身。色德名法。自體名身。是故法身名為色體。 > \[Treatise:\] Answer: ... can manifest form. > \[Exposition:\] In the answer below there are two: first, explaining that the dharmakāya can manifest \[form\]; next, explaining the form that is manifested. In the first there are also two: first, a general statement; next, specific establishment. This is the first. This dharmakāya is precisely the essence of the domain of enjoyment and transformation forms; hence it can manifest form. If it were not the essence of form, it would not be called the dharmakāya. The virtues of form are called dharma, and the self-essence is called kāya (body); therefore, the dharmakāya is called the essence of form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.80) - [Next: 2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.82) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813~en-mt.2.81) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [大乘起信論義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.237) — Classical Chinese - [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.103) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.81) · Pramāṇa