Analysis Of Yoga In Samdhinirmocana Sutra

Author(s): Shinjo Kawasaki
Publisher: Shinjo Kawasaki

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appears as a thing completely different and independent (bhinnaarthavat) from the form itself. Just in the same manner, the
thought thus produced appears itself as a thing completely different and independent from the image held in the scope of concentration (samadhi-gocara-pratibimba).
(Mahāyāna-samgraha, Taisho Vol. 31, pp. 182c-183a; p. 285bc; p. 338c; p. 400ac)
8) "Bhagavat! When sentient beings have images in thought, which appear in one form (as a blue Dravya) or another, and which stay in their intrinsic natures (svabhāva-avasthita), are those (images) not different from the thought itself?
The Answer: "Maitreya! They are not different. Ignorant people, with perverted intelligence (viparita-mati), could not tell properly (yathābhūtam ajñātvā) that those images are no other than mental representation (vijñapti-mātra). They have a perverted understanding (about the images).
9) 'Bhagavat! To what extent do the Bodhisattvas intensely contemplate Calming exclusively?
The Answer: "At the time when they orient the mind on the image of the thought (citta-nimitta) with a mental orientation without interruptions (sarita-manasikāra). (ASM p. 96)
"To what extent do they intensely contemplate Clear Vision exclusively?
The Answer: "At the time when they orient the mind on the successive thought (anantarya-citta) with a mental orientation without interruptions.
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"To what extent do Calming as well as Clear Vision occur in equal union when the pair is mixed?
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