大乘起信論略述 2.81

2.81

[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.