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distraction of dauṣṭhulya. Maitreya, if a bodhisattva abandons the manaskāra associated with the Mahāyāna and falls thoroughly into the manaskāra associated with the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, that is the distraction of manaskāra. If one allows the mind to be scattered outwards toward the five external sensual qualities, social entanglement, nimittas, vikalpa, kleśas, upakleśas, and external ālambanas, that is outward mental distraction. If one sinks into dullness and sleep, or relishes meditative absorption, or is afflicted by any upakleśa of meditative absorption, that is inward mental distraction. If, relying on external nimittas, one directs manaskāra toward the nimitta of the domain of inner samādhi, that is the distraction of nimitta. If, based on an inner manaskāra, one conceptually clings with pride thinking "I am" to the sensation that arises from the body of dauṣṭhulya, that is the distraction of dauṣṭhulya. / 'Bhagavān, for what are śamatha and vipaśyanā the antidotes from the first bodhisattvabhūmi up to the buddhabhūmi?' / 'Maitreya, on the first bhūmi, śamatha and vipaśyanā are the antidotes to the afflictions of the bad migrations and the afflictions of karma and birth. On the second, to the occurrence of minor faults of transgression. On the third, to sensual attachment. On the fourth, to craving for meditative absorption and craving for dharmas. On the fifth, to the failure to be wholly turned away from saṃsāra and nirvāṇa and to be wholly turned toward them. On the sixth, to the occurrence of many nimittas. On the seventh, to the occurrence of subtle nimittas. On the eighth, to effort toward animitta and the lack of mastery over nimittas. On the ninth, in all aspects,