総勘文抄 三 The Unanimous Declaration3

　十界の外(ほか)に仏無し、仏の外に十界無くして依(え)正(しょう)不二なり、身土不二なり、

Outside of the Ten Worlds there is no Buddha, outside ofthe Buddha there are no Ten Worlds. The living beings and their environments are not two things, and one’s self and the land one inhabits are not two things.

一仏の身体なるを以て寂光土(じゃっこうど)と云う、是の故に無相の極理とは云うなり、

Because the phenomenal realm of the ten directions is the body of a single Buddha, it is called the Land of Tranquil Light, and for this reason it represents the ultimate principle that is without marks.

生滅無常の相(そう)を離れたるが故に無相と云うなり、

It is separate from the marks of the impermanence of birth and extinction, and therefore it is called “without marks.”

法性の淵底(えんてい)・玄宗の極地(ごくち)なり故に極理と云う

It is the utmost depth of the essential nature of phenomena and the ultimate of profound Buddhist principles and hence it is called the ultimate principle.

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