[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法界次第初門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925) › 2.103 # 法界次第初門 2.103 法界次第初門 2.103 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.103) 次九次第定而辯三三昧者，九次第定體乃即是三三昧，但有離合名數多少不同，制立有異，其意（云云）。所以者何？九次第定通練諸禪，自無別體，三三昧亦爾，故知體無異法而無定名。九定名數雖多，不取中間；三昧名數雖少，而通中間合取。九定一往從諸禪理事以得名，三昧一往從諸禪事理而受稱，是為小異，故次九定以明三三昧也。通言三昧者，三摩提，秦言正心行處。是心從無始已來常曲不端，得是直故，故名三昧。 > Explaining the three samādhis after the nine sequential meditative attainments: the substance of the nine sequential meditative attainments is indeed none other than the three samādhis, yet they differ in division, combination, and enumeration, and their formulation is different, the meaning of which is as follows. Why? The nine sequential meditative attainments universally refine all dhyānas and have no separate substance of their own; the three samādhis are also like this. Hence one knows that in substance they are not different dharmas, yet they have no fixed names. Although the names and numbers of the nine attainments are many, they do not include intermediate \[dhyānas\]; although the names and numbers of the \[three\] samādhis are few, they encompass and combine the intermediate ones. The nine attainments, broadly speaking, derive their names from the principle and phenomena of the various dhyānas, while the samādhis, broadly speaking, receive their designations from the phenomena and principle of the various dhyānas. This is a slight difference; hence following the nine attainments, the three samādhis are explained. Generally speaking of 'samādhi': samādhi (sanmodi), in the language of Qin, is 'the place where the mind proceeds correctly.' From beginningless time onward, this mind has always been crooked and unupright; because it attains this straightness, it is called samādhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.102) - [Next: 2.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.104) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.2.103) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.10.96) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.103) · Pramāṇa