Samdhinirmocana-sutra

Chapter VIupon images for reflection brought about by concentration. Visionfrom inquiry is that vision which through wisdom attentivelyreflects upon those things not yet well understood in order to understandthem well. Vision from penetration is that vision whichattentively reflects upon those things already well understoodby encompassing them within wisdom in order to realize them andattain liberation."The Bodhisattva Maitreya addressed the Buddha and said:"World-honored One, what are the general varieties of quietude?"The Buddha answered the Bodhisattva Maitreya and said:"Good son, since they follow upon that thinking uninterrupted [byimages], you should understand that here also there are threekinds. There are also eight kinds, for each meditation is a kind ofquietude, from the first to the [eighth meditation] of neitherconceptualization nor nonconceptualization. Again there are fourkinds, for each of the four immeasurable activities of friendliness,compassion, joy, and abandonment is a kind of quietude."The Bodhisattva Maitreya addressed the Buddha and said:"World-honored One, you have taught about quietude and visionsupported by the doctrine [of the great vehicle] and not supportedby [that] doctrine. What do these terms mean?"The Buddha answered the Bodhisattva Maitreya and said:"Good son, the quietude and vision supported by the doctrine arethat quietude and vision attained through the doctrine and itsmeaning first received and pondered by the bodhisattvas. Thequietude and vision not supported by the [bodhisattva] doctrineare the quietude and vision attained not through the images ofthe doctrine the bodhisattvas have received and pondered, butthrough the instructions and meanings of other teachings, suchas meditation upon decaying and rotting [bodies] or upon the Impermanenceof all things, the suffering of all conditioned statesof being, the no-self of all things, or the final quiescence of cessation.32 Such quietude and vision I designate as not supported bydoctrine. But, if they have attained a quietude and vision supportedby the [bodhisattva] doctrine, those bodhisattvas I have698c55