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Analysis of Yoga in the Samdhinirmocana-sūtra
(kiyatā samathaś ca vipaśyanā côbhe misribhūte samayugam
vartate)
(ASM p. 121)
The Answer: "When they orient the mind on a single area of thought (cittaikagratā).
"Bhagavat! What is the image of thought (citta-nimitta) ?
“Maitreya ! The image attended with predication (savikalpapratibimba), which is the meditative object of Clear Vision (vipaśyanā-ālambana) and which is in the scope of concentration (samādhi-gocara) (is the image of thought). “What is the successive thought (ānantarya-citta)?
(Cf. ASM p. 94) “Maitreya! Thought which has the image which is the meditative object of Clear Vision as its meditative object (is the successive thought).
"What is a single area of thought (cittaikagratā) ?
"Having understood that the image in the scope of concentration (samādhi-gocara-pratibimba) is no other than mental representation (vijñapti-mātra), (the Bodhisattvas) have the mental orientation towards truth (tathatā). This is a single area of thought. ·
(Cf. ASM p. 108)
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