འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱ་རང་བཞན་མཉམ་པ་ཉད་རྣམ་པར་སྤྲས་པ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་གྱ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2.2

2.2

rose from his seat, removed his robe from one shoulder, and, kneeling on his right knee with palms placed together, he bowed toward the Bhagavān and made this request: “If the Bhagavān will give me an opportunity to seek answers to them, I have a few questions for the Bhagavān, the tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened Buddha.”

The Bhagavān addressed the youth Candraprabha, saying, “Young man, the Tathāgata will always give you that opportunity. Ask whatever question you wish of the Tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened Buddha.”

As the Bhagavān had given him the opportunity, the young man Candraprabha asked the Bhagavān,²⁴⁹ “The Bhagavān says, ‘samādhi, samādhi.’ What kind of Dharma does this word designate?”

The Bhagavān replied to Candraprabha, “Young man, when I say ‘samādhi, samādhi,’ it means the profound realization of the mind.

“[1] It is the absence of arising.²⁵⁰ [2] It is the absence of continuation.²⁵¹ [3] It is the knowledge of continuation.²⁵² [4] It is putting down²⁵³ the burden.²⁵⁴ [5] It is the wisdom of the tathāgatas. [6] It is having the preeminence of a buddha. [7] It is the healing of desire, the pacifying of anger,²⁵⁵ and the elimination of ignorance. ²⁵⁶

“[8] It is engaging in what should be engaged in. [9] It is rejecting that which should not be engaged in. [10] It is the aspiration to good qualities.²⁵⁷ [11] It is the wish to be free from saṃsāra.

“[12] It is practicing with a higher motivation. [13] It is remaining awake.²⁵⁸ [14] It is not abandoning renunciation.²⁵⁹ [15] It is maintaining good qualities.

“[16] It is not relying on rebirth.²⁶⁰ [17] It is not accumulating karma. [18] It is not paying attention to the internal āyatanas.²⁶¹ [19] It is not engaging with the external āyatanas.

“[20] It is not praising oneself. [21] It is not criticizing others. [22] It is having no attachment to family. [23] It is not placing one’s trust in ordinary people. ²⁶²

“[24] It is the natural result of correct conduct.