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vipaśyanā that attends in order to make [something] an object of activity. What is that which arises from individual discernment? It is the vipaśyanā that attends to those various dharmas thoroughly realised through prajñā, in order to experience utter well-being through liberation." "Bhagavān, how many kinds of śamatha are there?" He said: "Following that uninterrupted mind, it is also said to be of three kinds. Maitreya, furthermore, śamatha is of eight kinds: that of the first dhyāna, the second, the third, the fourth dhyāna, the realm of infinite space, the realm of infinite consciousness, the realm of nothingness, and the realm of neither perception nor non-perception. It is also of four kinds: the immeasurable loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and immeasurable equanimity." "Bhagavān, śamatha and vipaśyanā are spoken of as resting on the Dharma, and also as not resting on the Dharma. Which is resting on the Dharma? Which is not resting on the Dharma?" "Maitreya, whatever śamatha and vipaśyanā [are directed] toward meaning by following the nimittas of the dharmas as retained and reflected upon, that is resting on the Dharma. Not relying on the dharmas retained and reflected upon, but depending on the instructions and guidance of others, whatever śamatha and vipaśyanā [are directed] toward meaning—such as the blue-black corpse, the festering corpse, or what conforms to that; or that all saṃskāras are impermanent, or suffering; or that all dharmas are without self; or that nirvāṇa is peace, and whatever śamatha and vipaśyanā conforms to that—that should be understood as not resting on the Dharma. Maitreya, in that regard, relying on the śamatha and vipaśyanā that rest on the Dharma, I designate the bodhisattva who follows the Dharma with sharp faculties. Relying on that which does not