釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 10.116

10.116

若三乘行人入此三昧，具足修一切法門，是時觀定等法，轉深明利，更復出生百千三昧，功德深厚，神通猛利，故名觀禪。亦有鍊禪、自在定。鍊禪，如上說。自在定者，於諸法門自在出、入、住，轉變見八自在也。亦名頂禪，於諸禪中最為高極，則能轉壽為福，轉福為壽，故復名佛智三昧，欲知隨願，即知三世事，二處攝，謂欲界、四禪。復有無諍三昧，令他心不起諍；五處攝：欲界及四禪。復有四辯：法、詞辯，二處攝，謂欲界、初禪；義辯、樂說辯，九地攝，謂欲界、四禪、無色定。復有五神通、十四變化心、十八變化，皆如前說。

If practitioners of the three vehicles enter this samādhi and cultivate all Dharma gates completely, then such phenomena as contemplative absorptions will become increasingly profound, bright, and sharp, and they will further bring forth hundreds of thousands of samādhis; with their merit becoming profound and solid, and their supernormal faculties fierce and sharp, it is therefore called contemplative dhyāna. There is also smelted dhyāna and mastery absorption. Smelted dhyāna is as explained above. As for mastery absorption, one exits, enters, and abides in all Dharma gates with mastery, and in transformation beholds the eight masteries. It is also called summit dhyāna, the most exalted and supreme among all dhyānas, being able to transform lifespan into merit and transform merit into lifespan; hence it is also named the Buddha-wisdom samādhi, knowing things of the three times immediately according to one's wish, subsumed in two places: namely, the desire realm and the fourth dhyāna. Furthermore, there is arana-samādhi, which causes no dispute to arise in others' minds; it is subsumed in five places: the desire realm and the four dhyānas. Furthermore, there are the four analytical knowledges: the analytical knowledges of phenomena and language are subsumed in two places, namely, the desire realm and the first dhyāna; the analytical knowledges of meaning and delight in explanation are subsumed in nine stages, namely, the desire realm, the four dhyānas, and the formless absorptions. Furthermore, there are the five supernormal knowledges, the fourteen transformational minds, and the eighteen transformations, all as explained previously.