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should be known as taking a small sambhinnadharma as ālambana. Attending by gathering together individually however many of those very sūtras and so forth have been retained and reflected upon, should be known as taking a great sambhinnadharma as ālambana. Attending by gathering together the immeasurable teachings of the Dharma by the Tathāgatas, the immeasurable words and letters of the Dharma, and progressively higher immeasurable prajñā and eloquence, should be known as taking an immeasurable sambhinnadharma as ālambana." "Bhagavān, by how much does a bodhisattva attain śamatha and vipaśyanā taking a sambhinnadharma as ālambana?" "Maitreya, that should be understood as being attained by five causes: namely, at the time of attention, destroying all bases of dauṣṭhulya moment by moment; utterly abandoning various saṃskāras and obtaining delight in the joy of Dharma; truly knowing the illumination of the Dharma as immeasurable and completely uninterrupted in the ten directions; avikalpita nimittas that accord with the purified state and are endowed with accomplished purposes arising for them; and, for the sake of obtaining, perfecting, and accomplishing the dharmakāya, properly grasping ever higher and ever more excellent causes." "Bhagavān, at what [stage] is that śamatha and vipaśyanā taking a sambhinnadharma as ālambana realised, and at what [stage] is it known to be attained?" He said: "Maitreya, it is realised on the prathamā pramuditā bhūmiḥ, and it should be known to be attained on the tṛtīyā prabhākarī bhūmiḥ. Maitreya, nevertheless, even a beginner bodhisattva should train accordingly and not abandon attention to it." "Bhagavān, how do śamatha and vipaśyanā become a samādhi with vitarka and with