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He replied: "Maitreya, it should be said to be not different. Yet immature beings with distorted intellects, because they do not know those images as they truly are to be mere vijñapti, conceptualize them erroneously."

"Bhagavān, to what extent does a bodhisattva cultivate purely vipaśyanā?"

He replied: "When, through continuous manaskāra, they bring to mind the lakṣaṇa of mind."

"To what extent do they cultivate purely śamatha?"

He replied: "When, through continuous manaskāra, they bring to mind the uninterrupted mind."

"To what extent are both śamatha and vipaśyanā unified, proceeding equally in union?"

He replied: "When they bring to mind single-pointedness of mind."

"Bhagavān, what is the nimitta of mind?"

"Maitreya, it is the conceptual image that is the domain of samādhi, the ālambana of vipaśyanā."

"What is the uninterrupted mind?"

"Maitreya, it is the mind focusing on the image, the ālambana of śamatha."

"What is single-pointedness of mind?"

"Regarding that image which is the domain of samādhi, it is realizing that 'this is mere vijñapti,' and having realized that, bringing tathatā to mind."

"Bhagavān, how many kinds of vipaśyanā are there?"

"Maitreya, there are three kinds: that arisen from nimitta, that arisen from thorough seeking, and that arisen from individual scrutiny.

"What is that arisen from nimitta? It is the vipaśyanā that brings to mind solely the conceptual image that is the domain of samādhi.

"What is that arisen from thorough seeking? It is [the vipaśyanā that], in order to thoroughly realize with prajñā those very dharmas that were not thoroughly realized here and there,