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cultivates śamatha and vipaśyanā in this way, they will fully awaken to unexcelled, perfect bodhi."

"How does a bodhisattva practice so as to accomplish the great power of a bodhisattva?"

"Maitreya, when a bodhisattva is skilled in six points, they accomplish the great power of a bodhisattva: skill in the arising of mind, skill in the staying of mind, skill in the raising of mind, skill in the increase of mind, skill in the decrease of mind, and skill in means. How is one skilled in the arising of mind? If one knows the sixteen modes of the arising of mind, one is truly skilled in the arising of mind as it really is. In that regard, the sixteen modes of the arising of mind are: the awareness of stability and the receptacle—that is to say, the ādānavijñāna; the awareness of diverse aspects of the ālambana—that is to say, the conceptual mental consciousness that simultaneously grasps objects such as form, simultaneously grasps external and internal objects, simultaneously enters into many samādhis in a moment, an instant, a second, sees many buddhakṣetras, and sees many Tathāgatas—this belongs strictly to the conceptual mental consciousness; the awareness of small nimittas of the ālambana—that is to say, of the desire realm; the awareness of large nimittas of the ālambana—that is to say, of the form realm; the awareness of immeasurable nimittas of the ālambana—that is to say, belonging to the sphere of infinite space and the sphere of infinite consciousness; the awareness of subtle nimittas of the ālambana—that is to say, belonging to the sphere of nothingness; the awareness of the ultimate nimitta of the ālambana—that is to say, belonging to the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception; the awareness of the animitta—that is to say, having the supramundane and cessation