釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.15

5.15

答：禪名功德叢林，欲界、未到等未有支林功德之法，雖復前發，不名初禪。復次，《摩訶衍》說欲界、未到、中間，智多而定少，是處非樂。既非正地，是故不得受初禪之名。

Answer: "Dhyāna" means a grove of virtues. In the desire realm and anāgamya, the dharmas of the grove of factors and virtues do not yet exist; although they arise earlier, they are not called the first dhyāna. Furthermore, the Mahāyāna [Treatise] states that in the desire realm, anāgamya, and the intermediate [dhyāna], there is much wisdom and little absorption, and these states are not bliss. Since they are not the correct stages, they therefore cannot receive the name of "first dhyāna."