瑜伽師地論分門記 5.15
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5.15
Of the nine parts of Part 4, the detailed exposition, the fifth explains the dhyāna of good persons (*satpuruṣa-dhyāna*), divided into three: 1. general question; 2. brief answer; 3. separate expositions, divided into two: (1) establishing the first *satpuruṣa-dhyāna* on the basis of one's own contaminated and uncontaminated dhyānas being purified within one's own mental continuum; (2) establishing the latter four *satpuruṣa-dhyānas* on the basis of purifying the mental continuums of others through the four immeasurables (*apramāṇa*), divided into four as in the treatise. / Of the nine parts of Part 4, the detailed exposition, the sixth explains dhyāna of all modes (*sarvākāra-dhyāna*), divided into four: 1. general question; 2. brief answer; 3. separate expositions; 4. general conclusion. / The separate expositions are divided into two: / (1) Explaining the six kinds of *sarvākāra-dhyāna*, divided into two: a. general designation; b. separate expositions, divided into three: establishing the first two *sarvākāra-dhyānas* on the basis of mental mode, divided into two: explaining *sarvākāra-dhyāna* on the basis of wholesome and on the basis of indeterminate; establishing the middle two dhyānas on the basis of category, divided into two: explaining *sarvākāra-dhyāna* on the basis of the category of serenity and on the basis of the category of insight; establishing the latter two dhyānas on the basis of function, divided into two: explaining *sarvākāra-dhyāna* on the basis of benefiting oneself and others, and on the basis of generating the virtues of supernormal powers (*abhijñā*). / (2) Explaining the seven kinds of *sarvākāra-dhyāna*, divided into two: a. general designation; b. separate expositions, divided into two: establishing the first five *sarvākāra-dhyānas* on the basis of focal object (*ālambana*), divided into five: establishing the first *sarvākāra-dhyāna* on the basis of a focal object not yet attained which is caused to be attained through cultivation; establishing the second *sarvākāra-dhyāna* on the basis of an attained focal object of cultivation; establishing the third *sarvākāra-dhyāna* on the basis of a focal object already habitualized; establishing the fourth *sarvākāra-dhyāna* on the basis of focal objects of non-concentrated grounds; establishing the fifth *sarvākāra-dhyāna* on the basis of focal objects of concentrated grounds; and establishing the latter two dhyānas on the basis of activity, divided into two: explaining *sarvākāra-dhyāna* on the basis of pleasant abiding in the present life, and on the basis of practices for the sake of others (*parārtha-caryā*). / 4. General conclusion.
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