Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön | 2001 | 941,039 words
This page describes “types of concentration” as written by Nagarjuna in his Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra (lit. “the treatise on the great virtue of wisdom”) in the 2nd century. This book, written in five volumes, represents an encyclopedia on Buddhism as well as a commentary on the Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita.
3. Types of concentration
In brief, the characteristic traits (nimitta) of the dhyānas and the samāpattis are twenty-three in number: eight concentrations of enjoyment (āsvādana), eight pure (śuddhaka) concentrations and seven anāsrava concentrations.