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rest on the Dharma, I designate the one who follows by faith with dull faculties." "Bhagavān, śamatha and vipaśyanā are spoken of as taking an asambhinnadharma as ālambana, and also as taking a sambhinnadharma as ālambana. Which takes an asambhinnadharma as ālambana? Which takes a sambhinnadharma as ālambana?" "Maitreya, if a bodhisattva, from among the dharmas retained and reflected upon, cultivates śamatha and vipaśyanā that take distinct dharmas such as the sūtras as their ālambana, that is śamatha and vipaśyanā taking an asambhinnadharma as ālambana. If one groups, compiles, gathers together, and unites into a single mass those dharmas such as the sūtras, and attends thinking: 'All these dharmas incline toward tathatā, flow toward tathatā, have descended into tathatā; they incline toward bodhi, flow toward bodhi, have descended into bodhi; they incline toward nirvāṇa, flow toward nirvāṇa, have descended into nirvāṇa; they incline toward āśrayaparivṛtti, flow toward āśrayaparivṛtti, have descended into āśrayaparivṛtti; all these dharmas express immeasurable and countless wholesome dharmas'—that is śamatha and vipaśyanā taking a sambhinnadharma as ālambana." "Bhagavān, śamatha and vipaśyanā are spoken of as taking a small sambhinnadharma as ālambana, as taking a great sambhinnadharma as ālambana, and as taking an immeasurable sambhinnadharma as ālambana. Which takes a small sambhinnadharma as ālambana? Which takes a great sambhinnadharma as ālambana? Which takes an immeasurable sambhinnadharma as ālambana?" "Maitreya, śamatha and vipaśyanā which attend by gathering together individually from the sūtras up to the vaipulyas, the adbhutadharmas, and the upadeśas,