定

To fix, settle. (sa) samādhi. 'Composing the mind'; 'intent contemplation'; 'perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation.' M. W. Abstract meditation, the mind fixed in one direction, or field.

(1) [lang id =1028]散定 scattered or general meditation (in the world of desire).

(2) [lang id =1028]禪定 abstract meditation (in the realms of form and beyond form). It is also one of the five attributes of the (sa) dharmakāya [lang id =1028]法身, i. e. an internal state of imperturbability or tranquility, exempt from all external sensations, [lang id =1028]超受陰; cf. [lang id =1028]三摩提.

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心住於一境而不散亂。