釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.57

1.57

First, as for translating the shared name: *chan* (dhyāna) is a foreign word; translations here vary. Now three translations are briefly presented: first, in the Mahāyāna Treatise, *chan* is translated into the language of Qin as "cultivation of thought" (cintā-bhāvanā); second, translating by analogy, just as *dāna-pāramitā* is called here the "perfection of giving" and *dhyāna-pāramitā* is called here the "perfection of concentration," we know that "concentration" is used to translate *chan*; third, in the Abhidharma, "thicket of merits" is used to translate *chan*.