二如

There are various definitions of the two aspects of the [lang id =1028]真如 bhūtatathatā.

(1) (a) [lang id =1028]不變真如 The changeless essence or substance, e.g. the sea; (b) [lang id =1028]隨緣真如 its conditioned or ever-changing forms, as in the phenomenal world, e.g. the waves.

(2) (a) [lang id =1028]離言真如 The inexpressible absolute, only mentally conceivable;

(6) [lang id =1028]依言真如 aspects of it expressible in words, its ideal reflex.

(3) (a) [lang id =1028]空真如 The absolute as the void, e.g. as space, the sky, a clear mirror; (b) [lang id =1028]不空真如 the absolute in manifestation, or phenomenal, e. g. images in the mirror: the womb of the universe in which are all potentialities.

(4) (a) [lang id =1028]在纏真如The Buddha-nature in bonds, i.e. all beings in suffering; (b) [lang id =1028]出纏真如the Buddha-nature set free by the manifestation of the Buddha and bodhisattvas.

(5) (a) [lang id =1028]有垢真如The Buddha-nature defiled, as in unenlightened man, etc., e.g. the water-lily with its roots in the mud; (b) [lang id =1028]無垢真如 the pure Buddha-nature, purifed or bright as the full moon.

(6) [lang id =1028]安立 and [lang id =1028]非安立真如 similar to the first definition given above.

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１．隨緣真如和不變真如。 隨緣真如是一種不守自性的真如， 它隨染緣而生染法， 隨淨緣而生淨法； 不變真如則是清淨本然， 雖隨緣千差萬別的諸法， 但它的自性， 從無遷變。 隨緣真如如波， 不變真如如水， 不變之水起波相， 但隨緣之波並不失水性， 以隨緣之故， 真如即萬法， 以不變之故， 萬法即真如。 ２．有垢真如和無垢真如。 有垢真如是眾生所有的真如； 無垢真如是諸佛所顯的真如。 ３．在纏真如和出纏真如。 在纏真如是有垢真如的別名； 出纏真如是無垢真如的別名。