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First, distinguishing their names. The names are various and, in brief, of seven kinds: first, named \*dhyāna\*; second, named \*samādhi\* (absorption); third, named \*samādhi\*; fourth, named proper reception (\*samāpatti\*); fifth, named \*samāhita\*; sixth, named \*śamatha\*; seventh, named liberation (\*vimokṣa\*), also called turning away and relinquishing. \*Dhyāna\* is a term from that Central Country (India); here it is translated as 'cultivation of contemplation' and also called 'a grove of merits'. 'Cultivation of contemplation' is a designation established from the cause. Carefully and deliberately deliberating upon the realm of absorption is called contemplation; the progressive advancement of the deliberating mind is called cultivation; naming it determinatively from attainment, it is the tranquility of cultivation of contemplation. Alternatively, this term may take its name from its essential nature: the mind in dhyāna absorption correctly grasping its objective support is called contemplation; the increase and advancement of the deliberating mind is called cultivation. 'A grove of merits' is a name derived from the fruit: wisdom, supernormal knowledges, the four immeasurables, and the like are its merits; the accumulation of many virtues is spoken of as a grove. Because absorption can produce them, the cause takes its name from the fruit, and it is therefore called a grove of merits. What is called \*ting\* (absorption) takes its name from its essential nature: the mind abiding upon a single objective support, free from distraction and agitation, is therefore called absorption. The term \*sānmèi\* (\*samādhi\*) is a foreign word; here it is called 'right concentration'. Concentration is as explained above; being free from error and disturbance, it is said to be 'right'. The term 'proper reception' (\*samāpatti\*): 'proper' is the same as the previous explanation, and receiving the dharmas is called 'reception'. \*Sān-mó-tí\* (\*samāhita\*) is a foreign word. \*Sān-mó\* and \*sānmèi\* were originally one name, differing in phonetic transmission; here it is called 'right concentration', and when the function of concentration is directly present, it is called \*samāhita\*. \*Śamatha\* is also a foreign word, translated here as 'calming'; gathering the mind to abide upon an objective support is designated 'calming'. The term 'liberation' is a designation for the severing of bonds. The term 'turning away and relinquishing' means turning away from lower faults, hence called 'turning away and relinquishing'. Furthermore, Nāgārjuna says: 'Turning away from pure five desires and relinquishing the mind of attachment is called turning away and relinquishing.' Question: Are the dharmas designated by these \[names\] identical or different? Explanation: There are general and specific \[meanings\]. Speaking generally, all dhyānas and absorptions possess these names. Regarding their specific distinctions within them, the sūtras and treatises are not uniform. According to the \*Abhidharma\*, the four dhyānas are called dhyāna; the eight liberations are called turning away and relinquishing; the four formless absorptions, the cessation \[absorption\], and the non-conceptual \[absorption\] are all generally called proper reception; and emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are called \*samāhita\*. Therefore that treatise says: 'The dhyānas and turning away and relinquishing, the proper receptions and \*samāhitas\*.' It uses these four names to distinguish the various absorptions. If according to the \*Tattvasiddhi\*, the four dhyānas are called dhyāna; the four formless absorptions are called absorption; the eight liberations are called liberation; and the functioning of all dhyānas and absorptions made directly present is called \*samāhita\*. It uses these four names to distinguish the various absorptions. If according to the \*Daśabhūmika-śāstra\*, the four dhyānas are called dhyāna; the four formless absorptions are spoken of as liberation; the four immeasurable minds are called \*samādhi\*; and the five supernormal knowledges are called \*samāhita\*. It uses these four names to distinguish the various practices. Further, to distinguish them again: the four dhyānas are called dhyāna; the four formless absorptions are called absorption; emptiness, signlessness, and wishlessness are called \*samādhi\*, because attaining correspondence with the principle is called right concentration; the cessation and non-conceptual \[absorptions\] are called proper reception, because in those states there is no mind and the body receives the dharma; the four immeasurable minds are called \*samāhita\*, because their function is directly present toward sentient beings as objective support; the eight liberations are called liberation because they sever lower bonds, and also, because they turn away from lower faults, they are called turning away and relinquishing; the initial preparatory practices of all dhyānas and absorptions, calming the mind to abide upon an objective support, is called \*śamatha\*. The names are like this. 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