大乘入道次第開決 1.6

1.6

'Like a shadow following a form, responding to those who are transformed': this line displays the resultant virtue of the Buddha's benefiting others. Due to the virtue of benefiting others, from the dharmakāya and saṃbhogakāya he arises as nirmāṇakāya to transform all ordinary persons and nobles, able to arise like a shadow following a form. Furthermore, responding to those who are transformed, he is like a shadow following a form, never abandoning or separating from them. Because this line contains two meanings, it is therefore also explained through two meanings.