[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana) › [འཕགས་པ་དགོངས་པ་ངེས་པར་འགྲེལ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo) › [Unraveling the Intent](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-84000) › 53 # འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 53 Unraveling the Intent 53 - **Language:** English ### [53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-84000.53) are also not distinct from mind?”¹⁸³ “Maitreya, we should say that they are not distinct. However, foolish beings with erroneous ideas do not understand just as it is that \[mental\] images are mere representations. As a consequence, their minds are mistaken.” “Blessed One, when do the bodhisattvas practice only insight?” “Whenever they direct their attention¹⁸⁴ toward mental appearances¹⁸⁵ without interruption.” “When do the bodhisattvas practice only mental stillness?” “Whenever they direct their attention toward the unimpeded mind without interruption.” “When do they combine both insight and mental stillness and unite them evenly?” “Whenever they direct their attention toward the one-pointedness of mind.” “Blessed One, what is a mental appearance?” “Maitreya, this is the referential object of insight, the conceptual image that is the object of concentration.” “What is the unimpeded mind?” “Maitreya, it is the referential object of mental stillness, the mind that takes the image as an object.” “What is one-pointedness of mind?” “\[One-pointedness of mind is\] realizing in regard to the image that is the object of concentration, ‘This is merely a representation,’ and, on realizing that, directing one’s attention toward true reality.”¹⁸⁶ “Blessed One, how many kinds of insight are there?” “Maitreya, there are three: insight arising from phenomenal appearance, insight arising from inquiry, and insight arising from awakening.”¹⁸⁷ “What is insight arising from phenomenal appearance?” “It is the insight in which attention is directed exclusively toward a conceptual image, the object of concentration.” “What is insight arising from inquiry?” “It is the insight in which attention is directed in order to perfectly understand whatever phenomena were not yet understood by means of wisdom.”¹⁸⁸ - [Previous: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-84000.52) - [Next: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-84000.54) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.53) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་དགོངས་པ་ངེས་པར་འགྲེལ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo.53) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-84000.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-84000.53) · Pramāṇa