瑜伽論記 4.17

4.17

However, the sūtras and treatises, speaking in terms of excellence, mostly designate the mind-endowed, purified virtues of the form stage as dhyāna. One-pointedness of mind is in its essence samādhi (equipoise), because it applies to both defiled and pure, and because one-pointedness of mind is used to explain samādhi. Śamatha belongs only to the states with mind and not to mindlessness, only to pure states and not to impure, and only to states of concentration and not to distracted mind. Abiding in bliss in the present life belongs only to the fundamental states of the four dhyānas and not to their access stages, and it is a pure and taintless mind, not distracted and not formless. Therefore, samāhita (equipoise) inclusively gathers all virtues belonging to the concentrated state, whether with mind or mindless; because it is universally broad and pervasive, it is exclusively established as the name of the stage. Master Jing says: 'Samāhita, also formerly called sanmei (samādhi), is a mistaken transliteration.' Tai says: 'Samādhi, also formerly called sanmabati (samāpatti), is a mistaken transliteration.' The statements of these two masters are contradictory. I now maintain that sanmei is indeed samādhi, which should follow Master Ji's explanation. The reason this is known is that the *Tattvasiddhi-śāstra* mentions 'the samādhi of the five noble knowledges', and fascicle twelve of this treatise mentions 'the five noble knowledges, samādhi'. Master Wonhyo of Silla says: 'Samādhi and sanmei differ in both name and meaning. The reason this is known is that, as the third fascicle of the *Suvarṇaprabhāsa-sūtra* explains the concentrations of the ten stages, the concentrations of the first three stages are called sanmati, while the concentrations of the subsequent seven stages are called sanmei. If they were one and the same name with a correct versus corrupted translation, why would a single master translating a sūtra designate them sometimes as sanmei and sometimes as sanmati? Therefore, we know they are different.'