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-9144 5906] Ninth Chapter
[359 This is the meaning. Vitaraka and Vicara are Vitaraka-Vicara, and those who dwell with Vitaraka-Vicara are Savitaraka-Vicara. The previous [sutra] means separate and unified Vitaraka. 8901. There, in the context of the sequence, this is said for the sake of the cessation of the undesirable:
The second is A-Vicara. ||42|| 8902. The second of the previous two [dhyanas] should be understood as A-Vicara. This is said: The first is Savitaraka and Savicara. The second is Savitaraka and A-Vicara. 8903. Now, what is the difference between Vitaraka and Vicara? This is said:
Vitaraka is the heard. ||43|| 8904. Specifically, reasoning and inference is Vitaraka, meaning heard knowledge. 8905. Now, what is Vicara?
Vicara is the transition of the meaning, expression, and yoga. ||44|| 8906. Meaning is the object, which is the substance or the synonym. Expression is the word. Yoga is the characteristic of the action of the body, speech, and mind. Transition is change. Leaving the substance, one attains the synonym, and leaving the synonym, one attains the substance - this is the transition of meaning. Taking hold of one heard word, one takes hold of another word, and leaving that, one takes hold of another - this is the transition of expression. Leaving the body yoga, one takes hold of another yoga, and leaving that yoga, one takes hold of the body yoga - this is the transition of yoga. Thus, this change is called Vicara. This is the fourfold dhyana, which is specified by the general and the specific, and is white, and is the statement of the many kinds of upaya, such as the previously mentioned secret, etc., and its meaning. Those who dwell with Vitaraka and Vicara are called Savitaraka-Vicara dhyana. The previous [sutra] means separate and unified Vitaraka.
8901. In the context of the sequence in the previous [sutra], for the sake of the cessation of the undesirable meaning, the next [sutra] is said:
The second dhyana is A-Vicara. ||42||
6902. The second dhyana of the previous two dhyanas should be understood as A-Vicara. The meaning is that the first white dhyana is Savitaraka and Savicara, and the second white dhyana is Savitaraka and A-Vicara.
6903. Now, to show the difference between Vitaraka and Vicara, the next [sutra] is said:
The meaning of Vitaraka is the heard. ||43|| 8904. Specifically, reasoning and inference is Vitaraka, meaning heard knowledge. 8905. Now, what is Vicara? This is said by the next [sutra]: The transition of meaning, expression, and yoga is Vicara. ||44||
8906. Meaning is the object. From this, substance and synonym are taken. The meaning of expression is word, and the action of the body, speech, and mind is called yoga. The meaning of transition is change. Leaving the substance, one attains the synonym, and leaving the synonym, one attains the substance - this is the transition of meaning. Taking hold of one heard word, one takes hold of another word, and leaving that, one takes hold of another - this is the transition of expression. Leaving the body yoga, one takes hold of another yoga, and leaving that yoga, one takes hold of the body yoga - this is the transition of yoga. Thus, this change is called Vicara. This is the fourfold dhyana, which is specified by the general and the specific, and is white, and is the statement of the many kinds of upaya, such as the previously mentioned secret, etc., and its meaning.