[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt) › 57 # འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 57 English (machine translation) 57 - **Language:** English ### [57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.57) vicāra? How does it become without vitarka and with vicāra alone? How does it become without vitarka and without vicāra?" "Maitreya, whatever śamatha and vipaśyanā scrutinises by following the clear and coarse experience of the nimittas of those dharmas retained, examined, and scrutinised, is a samādhi with vitarka and with vicāra. When one does not scrutinise following the clear and coarse experience of those very nimittas, but whatever śamatha and vipaśyanā scrutinises following the subtle experience of a mere faint recollection of their appearance, that is a samādhi without vitarka and with vicāra alone. Whatever śamatha and vipaśyanā discerns through attention to the entirely spontaneous experience of dharmas with respect to those nimittas, that is a samādhi without vitarka and without vicāra. Furthermore, Maitreya, whatever śamatha and vipaśyanā arises from thorough searching is a samādhi with vitarka and with vicāra. Whatever arises from individual discernment is a samādhi without vitarka and with vicāra alone. Whatever takes a sambhinnadharma as ālambana is a samādhi without vitarka and without vicāra." "Bhagavān, what is the cause-sign of śamatha? What is the cause-sign of holding fast? What is the cause-sign of equanimity?" "Maitreya, when the mind is agitated or suspected of becoming agitated, whatever attention is given to the uninterrupted mind and to dharmas that accord with complete disillusionment, is called the cause-sign of śamatha. Maitreya, when the mind is sunken or suspected of sinking, whatever attention is given to the nimitta of the mind and to dharmas that accord with taking delight, is called the cause-sign of holding fast. Maitreya, when one is purely fixed on śamatha, or when on vipaśyanā, - [Previous: 56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.56) - [Next: 58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.58) ## Translations (1) - [Unraveling the Intent](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-84000.57) — Gregory Forgues, English ## 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.57) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.samdhinirmocana*bo~en-mt.57) · Pramāṇa