大乘入道次第開決 1.54

1.54

"Due to attaining superior samādhi and the exquisite teaching..." and so forth: superior samādhi refers to samādhi and samāpatti. The exquisite teaching refers to the Mahāyāna teaching of Dharma. The four kinds of dhāraṇī are Dharma, meaning, mantra, and forbearance. 'Dharma' refers to the expressing phenomena such as names; 'meaning' refers to the distinctive meanings that are expressed; 'mantra' refers to secret syllables and phrases; 'forbearance' refers to the bodhisattva's ineffable dharma-knowledge. These four are objects; in their essence they are not dhāraṇīs. Through the power of mindfulness and wisdom, when one has not heard the Dharma and meaning and hears them, one immediately remembers them and does not forget them for a long time; therefore mindfulness and wisdom serve as the two dhāraṇīs of Dharma and meaning. Through the sovereign power of samādhi, one empowers all the phrases of mantras, causing them to achieve miraculous efficacy and eliminate disasters; therefore samādhi and samāpatti serve as the mantra-dhāraṇī. Through the power of wondrous wisdom, one understands that mantras and so forth all lack inherent nature and penetrates the ineffable dharmatā of all phenomena; therefore signless wondrous wisdom serves as the forbearance-dhāraṇī. This superior samādhi, teaching, and four dhāraṇīs are the merits attained on the third bhūmi.