Zhiyi; Dhyana; Shi chan boluomi tsidi famen; Meditation
摘要
This study is an analysis of Zhiyi's interpretation of the concept of " dhyana " in his Shi chanboluomi cidi famen ( An Exposition of Methods to Achieve the Stages of Meditative Perfection , hereafter, The Stages of Meditative Perfection ). In the studies of Chinese Buddhism, dhyana , translated into Chinese " chan ," is commonly associated with the Chan school ( Chan zong ) developed in China in the seventh and the eighth century. In Zhiyi's The Stages of Meditative Perfection , however, dhyana is generally understood as the Four Dhyanas . In the "Four Dhyanas " chapter of The Stages of Meditative Perfection , Zhiyi specifically defines dhyana as " zhilin ( dhyana factors)" and " gongde tsonglin (an array of meritorious qualities)."
