瑜伽師地論分門記 5.12

5.12

Of the nine parts of Part 4, the detailed exposition, the second explains universal dhyāna (*sarva-dhyāna*), divided into five: 1. general question; 2. brief answer in terms of mental mode (*ākāra*), divided into two: (1) setting forth; (2) explaining; 3. listing of names in terms of function, divided into two: (1) setting forth; (2) explaining; 4. separate expositions; 5. general conclusion. / The separate expositions are divided into three: / (1) Explaining dhyāna of pleasant abiding in the present life (*dṛṣṭadharmasukhavihāra-dhyāna*), divided into three: a. establishing the cause; b. revealing the result, divided into four: revealing the result in terms of being free from present afflictive conceptualization, in terms of being free from the affliction of views, in terms of being free from the affliction of craving and dullness, and in terms of being free from the affliction of characteristics; c. conclusion. / (2) Explaining dhyāna that generates the qualities of meditative absorption (*samādhi*), divided into three: a. establishing the cause; b. revealing the result, divided into three: revealing the result in terms of the fundamental worldly and supramundane dhyānas and their preparatory concentrations (*sāmantaka*) belonging to the lineage of the ten powers (*daśabala-gotra*); revealing the result in terms of various meditative absorptions cultivated on those fundamentals that are subsumed by the lineage of the ten powers; and revealing the result of the dhyāna possessing virtues shared with the two vehicles accomplished through the fundamental and preparatory dhyānas, mundane and supramundane, which is divided into two: establishing the cause, and revealing the result, divided into six as in the treatise; c. conclusion. / (3) Explaining dhyāna that benefits sentient beings, divided into two: a. briefly setting forth by pointing to the text; b. separately explaining the particular primary meanings, divided into eleven: explaining dhyāna that benefits sentient beings in terms of acting as a companion; in terms of dispelling suffering; in terms of expounding the principles; in terms of knowing gratitude; in terms of rescuing and protecting; in terms of dispelling sorrow; in terms of bestowing material goods; in terms of correcting and guiding assemblies; in terms of accommodating; in terms of offering praise; and in terms of properly taming. / 5. General conclusion.