Visuddhimagga XI-118

361. Ettāvatā ca yaṃ samādhissa vitthāraṃ bhāvanānayañca dassetuṃ ‘‘ko samādhi, kenaṭṭhena samādhī’’tiādinā nayena pañhākammaṃ kataṃ, tattha ‘‘kathaṃ bhāvetabbo’’ti imassa padassa sabbappakārato atthavaṇṇanā samattā hoti.

（论修定的结语）为了详示修定的方法，前面曾经提出这些问题：「什么是定？什么是定的语义」等。在那些问题中，（第七）「怎样修习」的一句，曾以各方面的意义解释完毕。

[DEVELOPMENT OF CONCENTRATION—CONCLUSION]

Ñ(XI,118): This completes in all its aspects the commentary on the meaning of the clause 'How should it be developed?', in the set of questions beginning with 'What is concentration?', which was formulated in order to show the method of development of concentration in detail (see Ch. III,§1).



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