[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt) › 3.34 # 法界次第初門 3.34 English (machine translation) 3.34 - **Language:** English ### [3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.34) Seventh: the dhyāna that eliminates afflictions. What is the bodhisattva's dhyāna that eliminates afflictions? In brief, there are eight kinds: first, the bodhisattva enters samādhi and removes pains and sufferings, poisons and harms, frost and hail, and demons of fever—this is called the dhyāna on which incantations rely; second, the bodhisattva enters samādhi and is able to remove the manifold illnesses arising from the four great elements—this is called the dhyāna that removes illness; third, the bodhisattva enters samādhi and brings forth sweet rain, being able to dispel disasters and droughts and relieve famines—this is called the cloud-and-rain dhyāna; fourth, the bodhisattva enters samādhi and rescues from frightful perils, all terrors of water and land, humans and non-humans—this is called the dhyāna of universal crossing; fifth, the bodhisattva enters samādhi and is able to benefit sentient beings in the wilderness suffering from hunger and thirst with food and drink—this is called the dhyāna of benefiting; sixth, the bodhisattva enters samādhi and is able to subdue sentient beings through material wealth—this is called the dhyāna of subduing; seventh, the bodhisattva enters samādhi and, for those who are confused and intoxicated, lost in the ten directions, awakens them equally—this is called the dhyāna of awakening; eighth, the bodhisattva enters samādhi and brings to completion whatever sentient beings undertake—this is called the dhyāna of equal accomplishment. - [Previous: 3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.33) - [Next: 3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.35) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [法界次第初門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.3.34) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.3.34) · Pramāṇa