釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.37

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1.37

Furthermore, when a bodhisattva enters the samādhi of the station of immeasurable meanings, single-mindedly endowing the myriad practices, they can comprehend all immeasurable Dharma gates. If one wishes to be fully endowed with the unsurpassed Buddha-way, without cultivating dhyāna-concentration, one cannot even attain the form and formless realms or the paths of the three vehicles, how much less could one attain unsurpassed bodhi? One must know that if one wishes to realize unsurpassed, wondrous awakening, one must first enter the vajra-samādhi, and only then do all Buddha-dharmas become manifest before one. As the bodhisattva reflects deeply in mind in this way, they ascertain that dhyāna-concentration can fulfill the four vows, as stated in a verse of the Mahāyāna [Treatise]:

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