瑜伽師地論分門記 5.11

5.11

In the initial stage of practice (*ādhāra-yogabhūmi*), which comprises eighteen sections, the thirteenth section, which explains the chapter on dhyāna, is divided into five parts: 1. general question; 2. brief answer in verse, which is divided into two: (1) explaining the primary meaning, which is divided into nine as in the treatise; (2) general conclusion; 3. listing of names, which is divided into two: (1) setting forth [the names]; (2) explaining [them], which is divided into nine as in the treatise; 4. detailed exposition; 5. explaining the fruits, benefits, and virtues. / Part 4, the detailed exposition, is divided into nine: 1. explaining dhyāna by its nature (*svabhāva-dhyāna*), which is divided into three: (1) general question; (2) detailed answer, which is divided into four: a. explaining *svabhāva-dhyāna* in terms of its basis (*āśraya*), which is divided into two: establishing the cause, and revealing the result; b. explaining *svabhāva-dhyāna* in terms of its mental mode (*ākāra*), which is divided into two: explaining the mental mode in terms of worldly concentration, and explaining the dhyāna of mental mode in terms of supramundane concentration; c. explaining dhyāna in terms of its nature (*svabhāva*), which is divided into three: in terms of mental one-pointedness (*cittaikāgratā*), in terms of the absence of unwholesomeness, and explaining *svabhāva-dhyāna* in terms of the nine states of mind; d. explaining *svabhāva-dhyāna* in terms of categories, which is divided into three: in terms of the category of serenity (*śamatha*), in terms of the category of insight (*vipaśyanā*), and explaining categorical dhyāna in terms of the path of yoking both together (*yuganaddha*); (3) general conclusion.