འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.5

3.5

For that reason, this is known as the truth of knowing the entry point to the path.

“What is the truth of the source of all of the wisdom of the thus-gone-ones? The truth of the source of all of the wisdom of the thus-gone-ones refers to the Cloud of Dharma bodhisattva level up to the level of a thus-gone one. It is the realization through the path that teaches that.

“These are the ten truths of a bodhisattva.

“What then are the nine successive states of meditative attainment of a bodhisattva? A bodhisattva perfects and then sustains the first dhyāna, which is isolated from sense pleasures, isolated from evil and nonvirtuous factors, involves contemplation and analysis, and includes the experience of joy and bliss born from isolation.⁷⁶

“The sense pleasures are anything not conducive to the first dhyāna. Bodhisattvas are detached from such craving. Evil and nonvirtuous factors are desire, anger, and dullness, as well as what is derived from them: the taking of life, taking what is not given, sexual misconduct, lying, slander, harsh speech, idle chatter, covetousness, ill will, and wrong view. These are called evil and nonvirtuous dharmas. The first dhyāna is isolated from these.

“Involves contemplation means ‘includes contemplation.’ What is contemplated? That which is conducive to the first dhyāna. They are contemplations because they follow the right method and they bring about the taming of their referents. Knowledge, understanding, analysis, investigation, and cultivating samādhi are all types of contemplation. What is analysis? It is the analysis of, inquiry into, exploration of, enjoyment of,⁷⁷ cultivation of samādhi on, and aligning the mind with those contemplations that are conducive to the first dhyāna.