Analysis Of Yoga In Samdhinirmocana Sutra

Author(s): Shinjo Kawasaki
Publisher: Shinjo Kawasaki

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5) “Bhagavat! The Bodhisattvas have the inner mental orientation (adhyātma-manasikāra) on thought which has the thought as the meditative object (citta-ālambaka-citta). While they are still unable to attain the bodily and mental cathartic what shall this mental orientation be called ?
“Maitreya ! It is not Calming. It should be called (a mental orientation) associated with a conviction consisting with Calming (samatha-anulomika-adhimukti-samprayukta-manasikāra).
"Bhagavat! While the Bodhisattvas are still unable to attain the bodily and mental cathartic, they may have a mental orientation reflecting inward on those properly conceived Dharmas as the images in the scope of concentration. What should this mental orientation be called ?
“Maitreya ! It is not Clear Vision. It should be called (a mental orientation) associated with a conviction consisting with Clear Vision (vipaśyanā-anulomika-adhimukti-samprayukta-manasikāra).
(ASM p. 126; Lam-rim 511a) 6) “Bhagavat! Between the Way of Calming (śamatha-mārga) and the Way of Clear Vision (vipaśyanā-mārga), is there a difference or none ?
The Answer : "Maitreya ! There is a difference, and there is no difference.
“Why is there no difference ?
"Because (Calming) has as the meditative object the thought which is the meditative object of Clear Vision (vipaśyanā-ālambana
citta).
“Why is there a difference ? “Because the image attended with predication (savikalpa
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