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asked the Tathāgata about such practices. Now listen carefully to what I shall expound to you.” Then Discerning Sound Bodhisattva, delighted to receive the teaching, listened silently along with the great assembly.

“Son of good family, the perfect enlightenment of all Tathāgatas is pure, and from the beginning there is neither practice nor practitioner. However, since all bodhisattvas as well as sentient beings in the final age are not yet enlightened and practice under the sway of illusion, there are then twentyfive methods of the pure meditation.

[1] “If bodhisattvas just take up the practice of utmost calming and through the efficacy of calming forever cut off the defilements, fully consummate realization, and thereupon enter nirvana without arising from their seats, these bodhisattvas are said to cultivate śamatha solely.

[2] “If bodhisattvas just discern that everything is like an illusion, use the power of the Buddha to transform the world, fully practice the pure and

subtle practice of the bodhisattva in their manifold activities, and never lose

their tranquil concentration and calm wisdom in regard to dhāraṇīs, those

bodhisattvas are said to cultivate samāpatti solely.

[3] “If bodhisattvas just extinguish illusions, do not make use of their

[transformative] activities, cut off defilements for themselves, and, once their

defilements are completely cut off, realize true reality, those bodhisattvas

are said to cultivate dhyāna solely.

[4] “If bodhisattvas first take up the practice of utmost calming, use their

minds of calm wisdom to illuminate illusions, and thereupon give rise to

bodhisattva practice, those bodhisattvas are said to cultivate śamatha first

and to cultivate samāpatti afterward.

[5] “If bodhisattvas, by their calm wisdom, realize the nature of utmost

calmness and thereupon cut off defilements and forever escape from birth

and death, those bodhisattvas are said to cultivate śamatha first and to cul-

tivate dhyāna afterward.

[6] “If bodhisattvas, by means of their calm wisdom, then manifest

sundry transformations through the efficacy of illusion to liberate sentient

beings, and finally cut off defilements and enter utter quiescence, those bodhi-

sattvas are said to cultivate śamatha first, to cultivate samāpatti next, and to

cultivate dhyāna afterward.

[7] “If bodhisattvas use the power of utmost calming to cut off defile-

ments, and later generate the pure and subtle practices of the bodhisattva to

liberate sentient beings, those bodhisattvas are said to cultivate śamatha first,

to cultivate dhyāna next, and to cultivate samāpatti afterward.

[8] “If bodhisattvas use the efficacy of their utmost calming to cut off

defilements in their minds and also to liberate sentient beings and to estab-

lish realms, those bodhisattvas are said to cultivate śamatha first and then to

cultivate samāpatti and dhyāna together.

[9] “If bodhisattvas use the efficacy of their utmost calming supple-

mented by their generating transformations, and later cut off defilements,

those bodhisattvas are said to cultivate śamatha and samāpatti together and

to cultivate dhyāna afterward.