法界次第初門 3.30

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三、難禪。云何菩薩難禪？略說三種：菩薩久習勝妙禪定，於諸三昧心得自在。哀愍眾生，欲令成熟，捨第一禪樂而生欲界，是名菩薩第一難禪；菩薩依禪，出生無量無數不可思議諸深三昧，出過一切聲聞、辟支佛上，是名第二難禪；菩薩依禪，得無上菩提，是名第三難禪也。

Third, difficult dhyāna. What is the bodhisattva's 'difficult dhyāna'? In brief, there are three kinds: a bodhisattva has long practiced supreme and wondrous meditative absorption, and their mind has attained mastery in all samādhis; pitying sentient beings and wishing to bring them to maturity, they relinquish the bliss of the supreme dhyāna and take birth in the desire realm—this is called the bodhisattva's first difficult dhyāna. Relying on dhyāna, the bodhisattva generates immeasurable, innumerable, inconceivable, profound samādhis, surpassing all śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas—this is called the second difficult dhyāna. Relying on dhyāna, the bodhisattva attains unexcelled awakening—this is called the third difficult dhyāna.