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Section 26 — The Dharma body is not a mark法身非相分第二十六

Jingang Jing (The Diamond Sutra) 金剛般若波羅蜜經 · Kumārajīva, Chinese translation · 402 (Later Qin, 4th year of the Hongshi era) · 6 passages · 124 Chinese characters · reading time 0.5 min

Jingang Jing (The Diamond Sutra) Complete in one volume "All marks that exist are empty and false" — a sutra that teaches one to give rise to the mind without dwelling anywhere. It follows, just as they stand, the thirty-two sections into which Prince Zhaoming divided it. It is told that Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch, heard one line of this sutra and set his heart on awakening.

1Can the Tathagata Be Seen by the Thirty-Two Marks?

「須菩提！於意云何？可以三十二相觀如來不？」

"Subhuti! What do you think? Can the Tathagata be seen by the thirty-two marks?"

Interlinear notes 1

清淨法身，非屬相貌

The pure Dharma body does not belong to shape or mark.

2He Can Be Seen

須菩提言：「如是！如是！以三十二相觀如來。」

Subhuti said, "So it is, so it is! The Tathagata is seen by the thirty-two marks."

3Then a Wheel-Turning Sage King Would Be the Tathagata

佛言：「須菩提！若以三十二相觀如來者，轉輪聖王則是如來。」

The Buddha said, "Subhuti! If the Tathagata is seen by the thirty-two marks, then a wheel-turning sage king would be the Tathagata."

4He Should Not Be Seen So

須菩提白佛言：「世尊！如我解佛所說義。不應以三十二相觀如來。」

Subhuti said to the Buddha, "World-Honored One! As I understand the meaning of what the Buddha says, the Tathagata should not be seen by the thirty-two marks."

5He Spoke a Verse

爾時，世尊而說偈言：

Then the World-Honored One spoke a verse:

6If Anyone Seeks to See Me in Form

「若以色見我，以音聲求我，是人行邪道，不能見如來。」

"If anyone seeks to see me in form, or seeks me in sound, that person walks a false path and cannot see the Tathagata."

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